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English Around the World. Teaching Varieties of English Using the Example of Jamaican Creole

Author : Sarah Lenhardt
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783346969682
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book English Around the World. Teaching Varieties of English Using the Example of Jamaican Creole written by Sarah Lenhardt and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Koblenz-Landau (Landau), course: Masterarbeit, language: English, abstract: How can varieties of English using the example of Jamaican Creole be taught? The main objective of this thesis will be the introduction of different methods and materials that can be used for teaching varieties of English using the example of Jamaican Creole. Hearing different varieties of English when having learned about only two varieties, that is to say, British and American English, may lead to confusion and in some cases even to aversion towards other varieties thinking that only Standard British or American English are 'real' Englishes. Without a doubt, it is the responsibility of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers to raise awareness about English varieties and make the students realize that every variety of English deserves respect and acceptance. First and foremost, the historical background of Jamaican Creole will be examined and the focus will be on how it emerged and developed. On this occasion, it will be analyzed in what way several languages such as English, Spanish, and African languages have influenced Jamaican Creole. Special attention is directed towards the major terms pidgins and creoles in order to understand how creole languages all over the world have come into existence. In the next step, I will go into further detail on the linguistic profile of Jamaica. The focus will be on the role of Standard Jamaican English and Jamaican Creole in different contexts and situations. As not only one Jamaican Creole exists, the definition of the Post-Creole Continuum will be part of this chapter. Afterward, linguistic features of Jamaican Creole such as phonological, grammatical, and lexical will be further explained and demonstrated through selected examples, in other words, a Reggae song, and a short story. These litera

English Around the World. Teaching Varieties of English Using the Example of Jamaican Creole

Author : Sarah Lenhardt
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346969673
Total Pages : 75 pages
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Download or read book English Around the World. Teaching Varieties of English Using the Example of Jamaican Creole written by Sarah Lenhardt and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Koblenz-Landau (Landau), course: Masterarbeit, language: English, abstract: How can varieties of English using the example of Jamaican Creole be taught? The main objective of this thesis will be the introduction of different methods and materials that can be used for teaching varieties of English using the example of Jamaican Creole. Hearing different varieties of English when having learned about only two varieties, that is to say, British and American English, may lead to confusion and in some cases even to aversion towards other varieties thinking that only Standard British or American English are ‘real’ Englishes. Without a doubt, it is the responsibility of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers to raise awareness about English varieties and make the students realize that every variety of English deserves respect and acceptance. First and foremost, the historical background of Jamaican Creole will be examined and the focus will be on how it emerged and developed. On this occasion, it will be analyzed in what way several languages such as English, Spanish, and African languages have influenced Jamaican Creole. Special attention is directed towards the major terms pidgins and creoles in order to understand how creole languages all over the world have come into existence. In the next step, I will go into further detail on the linguistic profile of Jamaica. The focus will be on the role of Standard Jamaican English and Jamaican Creole in different contexts and situations. As not only one Jamaican Creole exists, the definition of the Post-Creole Continuum will be part of this chapter. Afterward, linguistic features of Jamaican Creole such as phonological, grammatical, and lexical will be further explained and demonstrated through selected examples, in other words, a Reggae song, and a short story. These literary texts will also be used in the further course of this thesis when developing a unit about Jamaican Creole. Linguistic similarities to other pidgin and creole languages will be presented in order to comprehend how they must have emerged and developed in the same way and that some of them have the same origin. In the following chapter, the importance of English varieties in the educational context will be emphasized. By this means, it will be analyzed what role English varieties play in the German curriculum and how they are represented in German course books for EFL learners. In the last chapter, the focus will be on ways to teach Jamaican Creole in school. [...]

Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education

Author : Shondel J. Nero
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135621470
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education written by Shondel J. Nero and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a multiplicity of voices--both theoretical and practical--on the complex politics, challenges, and strategies of educating students--in North America and worldwide--who are speakers of diverse or nonstandard varieties of English, creoles, and hybrid varieties of English, such as African American Vernacular English, Caribbean Creole English, Tex Mex, West African Pidgin English, and Indian English, among others. The number of such students is increasing as a result of the spread of English, internal and global migration, and increased educational access. Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education offers: *a sociohistorical perspective on language spread and variation; *analysis of related issues such as language attitudes, identities, and prescribed versus actual language use; and *practical suggestions for pedagogy. Pedagogical features: Key points at the beginning of each chapter help focus the reader and provide a framework for reading, writing, reflection, and discussion; chapter-end questions for discussion and reflective writing engage and challenge the ideas presented and encourage a range of approaches in dealing with language diversity. Collectively, the chapters in this volume invite educators, researchers, and students, across the fields of TESOL, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, English, literacy, and language education, to begin to consider and adopt context-specific policies and practices that will improve the language development and academic performance of linguistically diverse students.

From Jamaican Creole to Standard English

Author : Velma Pollard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789766401481
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book From Jamaican Creole to Standard English written by Velma Pollard and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide indicates the ways in which Jamaican Creole differs from Standard Jamaican English. It is organized into four sections: words that look alike but mean different thing; words that are different but mean the same things; grammatical structures that are different but convey the same information; and idiomatic Speech or writing.

The development of Jamaican Creole English and its popularity and recognition

Author : Friederike Börner
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668210233
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (682 download)

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Book Synopsis The development of Jamaican Creole English and its popularity and recognition by : Friederike Börner

Download or read book The development of Jamaican Creole English and its popularity and recognition written by Friederike Börner and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Potsdam (Institut fuer Anglistik), course: Languages in Contact, language: English, abstract: In this paper I want to provide a short introduction to the linguistic history of Jamaica. Moreover I will talk about the Standard Jamaican English, which is the official language of Jamaica. In this paper I will focus on Jamaican Creole English, therefore I will explain the social status and provide a sociolinguistic analysis of the creole. In the last point I will discuss the topic introduced at the top of this paper again - the popularity of the Jamaican Creole English and the recognition of the language in the world. In this paper I don't want to give a full linguistic analysis of Jamaicas languages, but I want to give an insight to the linguistic diversity of Jamaica. In my research I want to find out, if Jamaican Creole English is only “broken English” or if the impact of music and popular culture changed it into the standard language of Jamaica. The latest American Volkswagen advertisement depicts a white middle class man speaking to his colleagues with a Jamaican Creole English accent to cheer them up. He is supposed to display a satisfied and happy Volkswagen driver. The clip was released as a pregame Super Bowl advertisement in January 2013 and was received controversially. Whereas many Jamaicans saw the ad as an victory for the recognition of their creole language, others considered the clip as cultural offensive and racist (McFadden 2013: 1). However, the association western countries have towards Jamaican Creole English is a positive one - it is understood as a joyful and upbeat language. The positive image of the language is mostly created by popular Reggae and Dancehall artists like Bob Marley or Shabba Ranks, who helped Jamaican Creole English to gain recognition in the world. Even in the Volkswagen ad we can find a reference to the reggae idol. The white worker is paraphrasing lyrics from Bob Marley’s song “Three Little Birds” when standing in the elevator and saying “No worries, mon. Everything will be all right”. (McFadden 2013:1). Jamaican Creole English changed its image from “broken English” to a popular Creole language which became the tool of communicating music and Jamaican culture.

Urban Jamaican Creole

Author : Peter L. Patrick
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 902729853X
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Urban Jamaican Creole written by Peter L. Patrick and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1999-06-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A synchronic sociolinguistic study of Jamaican Creole (JC) as spoken in urban Kingston, this work uses variationist methods to closely investigate two key concepts of Atlantic Creole studies: the mesolect, and the creole continuum. One major concern is to describe how linguistic variation patterns with social influences. Is there a linguistic continuum? How does it correlate with social factors? The complex organization of an urbanizing Caribbean society and the highly variable nature of mesolectal speech norms and behavior present a challenge to sociolinguistic variation theory. The second chief aim is to elucidate the nature of mesolectal grammar. Creole studies have emphasized the structural integrity of basilectal varieties, leaving the status of intermediate mesolectal speech in doubt. How systematic is urban JC grammar? What patterns occur when basilectal creole constructions alternate with acrolectal English elements? Contextual constraints on choice of forms support a picture of the mesolect as a single grammar, variable yet internally-ordered, which has evolved a fine capacity to serve social functions. Drawing on a year’s fieldwork in a mixed-class neighborhood of the capital city, the author (a speaker of JC) describes the speech community’s history, demographics, and social geography, locating speakers in terms of their social class, occupation, education, age, sex, residence, and urban orientation. The later chapters examine a recorded corpus for linguistic variables that are phono-lexical (palatal glides), phonological (consonant cluster simplification), morphological (past-tense inflection), and syntactic (pre-verbal tense and aspect marking), using quantitative methods of analysis (including Varbrul). The Jamaican urban mesolect is portrayed as a coherent system showing stratified yet regular linguistic behavior, embedded in a well-defined speech community; despite the incorporation of forms and constraints from English, it is quintessentially creole in character.

English in Jamaica: The Coexistence of Standard Jamaican English and the English-based Jamaican Creole

Author : Antje Bernstein
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 363862854X
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book English in Jamaica: The Coexistence of Standard Jamaican English and the English-based Jamaican Creole written by Antje Bernstein and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-04-04 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, language: English, abstract: Throughout the last centuries the English language spread all over the world first and foremost due to the colonial politic of its motherland: Great Britain. Especially in the Caribbean the British empire had a lot of colonies in the past - one, in fact the biggest one, of these was Jamaica. Being one of the world’s many English-speaking countries it is worth studying especially from a linguistic point of view because it is one of the few Caribbean countries in which a standard English and an English-based creole have been employed almost since its colonization. To get a precise picture of what English is like in Jamaica one has to consider the history of the Jamaican languages as well as the present situation. As a standard variety and a creole coexist in Jamaica, one has to look at both of them in isolation and at how they influence each other. Therefore it will not only be of interest to examine the function and some of the linguistic features of Jamaican English and the Jamaican creole but also the post-creole continuum. First of all, a look at the history will make clear how the English language developed in Jamaica. The following chapters will deal with Standard Jamaican English and Jamaican Creole in particular and, finally, the examination of the post-creole continuum will make the consequences of the mutual influence of these two languages clear. David L. Lawton’s text “English in the Caribbean” and the book Linguistic Variation in Jamaica: A Corpus-Based Study of Radio and Newspaper Usage by Andrea Sand will form a useful basis for the study of the English language in Jamaica and will be completed by other subject-relevant literature. The aim of this term paper is to provide an insight into the linguistic diversity in Jamaica and thus to illustrate how a standard variety like Standard Jamaican English and a creole like Jamaican Creole coexist. This text does, however, not aim at completeness with regard to the linguistic features of these languages, which is not least due to the fact that the linguistic situation is not completely explored yet, but it shall serve as some kind of introductory description of the English language in Jamaica and thus contribute to a basic understanding of the subject. [...]

Jamaican English and Jamaican Creole. Language or Languages?

Author : Anastasiia Bilousova
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346040593
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Jamaican English and Jamaican Creole. Language or Languages? written by Anastasiia Bilousova and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, University of Rostock (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: British and American Transcultural Studies, language: English, abstract: This term paper gives an idea of linguistic diversity in Jamaica and thus discuss whether standard Jamaican English and creole, such as Jamaican Creole, are different languages, and show how these varieties coexist. Over the past centuries, English has spread throughout the world, primarily thanks to the colonial policies of its homeland: Great Britain. Especially in the Caribbean, in the past there were many colonies in the British Empire - one of them, actually the largest, was Jamaica. Being one of many English-speaking countries in the world, it is worth studying, especially from a linguistic point of view, because it is one of the few countries in the Caribbean in which standard English and Creole English have been used almost since its colonization. To get an accurate picture of what English in Jamaica looks like, you need to look at the history of Jamaican languages as well as the current situation. As the standard variety and creole coexist in Jamaica, you need to look at both of them in isolation and how they affect each other. Thus, it will be interesting not only to study the function and some linguistic features of Jamaican English and Jamaican Creole, but also the post-Creole continuum. First of all, a look at the history will show how the English language developed in Jamaica. The following chapters will discuss, in particular, standard Jamaican English and Jamaican Creole, and will introduce the main linguistic features and, therefore, reasons to consider these two languages different or identical. And finally, the study of the post-Creole continuum will clarify the consequences of the mutual influence of these two languages. In the modern world, English is becoming a universal language. 500 million people in 12 countries speak this language. On this occasion, objections may arise, since about 900 million people speak the Mandarin Chinese language. However, do not forget that approximately 600 million more people use English as a second language. Another important addition is the fact that several hundred million people all over the world have a certain knowledge of the English language, since in 62 countries this language has the status of an official language.

Jamaican Creole and Tok Pisin. Grammatical Similarities and Differences Between English Based Creole Languages

Author : Maximilian Bauer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668108420
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book Jamaican Creole and Tok Pisin. Grammatical Similarities and Differences Between English Based Creole Languages written by Maximilian Bauer and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Würzburg (Neuphilologisches Institut), course: Dialects of English, language: English, abstract: As Colonization in Europe emerged more and more countries all over the world were seized by Spanish, German, Dutch, Danish and English troops. As there was a problem of communication a new language between the English troops and settlers and the native people came up that is nowadays called a Pidgin language. It was a mixture of the indigenous language and the language of the invaders from Europe. When later the British brought the first slaves from other colonies mostly in Africa they also had a huge impact on this Pidgin language. As the time went by more and more of these colonies declared their independence but most of the influences to the life and the country in the colonies seemed irreversible. A very important impact was the one on the language of the former natives by African slaves and European settlers that inhabited the colonies for a long time. These influences can still be seen in modern times in education, lifestyle and of course the language. The Pidgin languages all over the world – today most of them developed to creoles – are still spoken. They have some distinct features in common but they also show differences concerning grammatical or syntactical features even if the spelling seems to be nearly the same. Therefore in my opinion it is worthwhile taking a closer look to those similarities and differences between Pidgin and Creole languages all over the world and to pick out some appropriate examples that maybe do not share a continent, but instead share linguistic features derived from actions and happenings of a former time whose impacts are still seen today.

Englishes Around the World: Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia

Author : Manfred Görlach
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 902724877X
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Englishes Around the World: Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia written by Manfred Görlach and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volumes of Englishes around the World present high-quality original research papers written in honour of Manfred Görlach, founder and editor of the journal English World-Wide and the book series Varieties of English Around the World. The papers thematically focus on the field that Manfred Görlach has helped to build and shape. Volume 2 of Englishes Around the World presents studies of so-called New Englishes, post-colonial varieties as spoken predominantly in countries of the former British Empire. There are five contributions on the Caribbean (covering Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad), five articles on Africa (South Africa, East Africa, and Nigeria), six studies of English in Asian countries (Japan, the Philippines, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea), and six papers on Australia and New Zealand. Topics covered range from sociohistorical causes and processes, the nativization of English in different countries, or the expression of individual identities by means of the English language through structural descriptions to sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, lexicographic, pragmatic, stylistic, and other matters. The articles in the respective sections are written by D.R. Craig, L.M. Haynes, P.L. Patrick, K. Shields-Brodber, and L. Winer; A Banjo, V. de Klerk, R. Mesthrie, J. Schmied, and P. Silva; R.W. Bailey, R. Begum and T. Kandiah, A. Gonzalez, R.R. Mehrotra, P. Mühlhäusler, and M. Newbrook; L. Bauer, S. Butler, M. Clyne, P. Peters and A. Delbridge, G. Tulloch, and G.W. Turner.

English in the Caribbean

Author : Dagmar Deuber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139916300
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book English in the Caribbean written by Dagmar Deuber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an in-depth study of English as spoken in two major anglophone Caribbean territories, Jamaica and Trinidad. Based on data from the International Corpus of English, it focuses on variation at the morphological and syntactic level between the educated standard and more informal educated spoken usage. Dagmar Deuber combines quantitative analyses across several text categories with qualitative analyses of transcribed text passages that are grounded in interactional sociolinguistics and recent approaches to linguistic style and identity. The discussion is situated in the context of variation in the Caribbean and the wider context of world Englishes, and the sociolinguistic background of Jamaica and Trinidad is also explored. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers interested in the fields of sociolinguistics, world Englishes, and language contact.

Varieties of Modern English

Author : Diane Davies
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317878140
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Varieties of Modern English written by Diane Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'story' of English is continually re-told and re-written, as more and more people use the language and have a part in shaping the way it develops. Varieties of Modern English provides a critical introduction to the study of regional, social, gendered, context- and medium-related varieties of the language, and explores some of the debates concerning the role and impact of English in different parts of the world today. Beginning by outlining the main types of variation in language, the book focuses on the link between language or dialect and the construction of both group and individual identities. Issues of identity are crucial to chapters on the roots of Modern English, on gender and English, on ethnicity and English and on English as an international language. As well as looking at a range of 'users' of the language, Davies also explores many of its 'uses' and modes, including the English of literary texts, advertising, newspaper reporting and commentary, political speeches, email and text messaging. Written in a discursive, student-friendly style, the book also provides: * A rich mix of illustrative material * End-of-chapter Activities and related Comments at the end of the book * Suggestions for further reading Varieties of Modern English provides a thought-provoking overview of its subject and will be invaluable reading for students of English Language and Linguistics.

London Jamaican -Jamaican Creole in London

Author : Jessica Menz
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638057895
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book London Jamaican -Jamaican Creole in London written by Jessica Menz and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-06-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Bayreuth (Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft), course: English – based Pidgin and Creole Languages (and beyond), language: English, abstract: Dealing with linguistics, one clearly realises that language is anything else but a static subject. Actually, language finds itself in constant change and is shaped by its speakers and the situation they are in. One of the many influences that form language has always been contact with new people and different languages, which for example happened when the Britains began to explore the world and brought English to the new continents. Many different new varieties and languages developed, one of them being Jamaican Creole. Far away from Great Britain it found its niche in Jamaica, where it is spoken by many as their native language. Pidgins and Creoles are a well-explored subject in linguistics. But what happens when these languages return to the home countries of one of their root – languages? One of the classic examples is London Jamaican, spoken mostly by black immigrants and their descendants in London. In this paper I am going to outline the history and sociolinguistic situation of London Jamaican and its characteristic features regarding grammar and phonology. Also, I will describe how two extremely distinct varieties, Jamaican Creole and London English, have influenced each other and how London Jamaican functions in everyday contexts. In the early 16th century European nations began exploring the world and soon secured their newly gained territories by making them their colonies. The Caribbean Islands, including Jamaica as well, were colonized by the British, Spanish, Dutch, French and others. Together with the languages of the natives and of Africans, who came to the Caribbean as slaves, there was a strong demand for a common language to make communication between these different groups possible. This led to the development of pidgin languages, i.e. the mixture of at least two different languages. Such a new ‘lingua franca’ was mainly used in contact situations and not spoken as a native language. Often, this development resumed in the process of creolisation. Pidgins were becoming native languages, developing a more complex vocabulary and grammar. Usually creoles exist alongside more prestigious standard languages, e.g. Jamaican Standard English, of which the creole forms are often considered as ‘wrong’. In Jamaica, English was the lexifier, thus most Jamaican Creole words derive from British English.

Series of Occasional Papers on Caribbean Language and Dialect

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Series of Occasional Papers on Caribbean Language and Dialect written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Focus on the Caribbean

Author : Manfred Görlach
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027279136
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Focus on the Caribbean written by Manfred Görlach and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection represents an important contribution not only to creole linguistics but also to Caribbean studies and English dialectology. It contains eleven essays on the special development and present-day functions of English and Creole in the Caribbean, ranging from Central America to Guyana. Topics include the spread of English and Creole, Spanish-English contact, the reconstruction of early phonology, the semantics of syntactic markers, the impact of colonial language policies, language and class, and the speech of Rastafarians. Half of the contributors are from the Caribbean region; the others are from Europe, Africa and the United States.

Englishes around the World

Author : Edgar W. Schneider
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027275769
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Englishes around the World written by Edgar W. Schneider and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1997-06-26 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volumes of Englishes around the World present high-quality original research papers written in honour of Manfred Görlach, founder and editor of the journal English World-Wide and the book series Varieties of English Around the World. The papers thematically focus on the field that Manfred Görlach has helped to build and shape. Volume 2 of Englishes Around the World presents studies of so-called “New Englishes”, post-colonial varieties as spoken predominantly in countries of the former British Empire. There are five contributions on the Caribbean (covering Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad), five articles on Africa (South Africa, East Africa, and Nigeria), six studies of English in Asian countries (Japan, the Philippines, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea), and six papers on Australia and New Zealand. Topics covered range from sociohistorical causes and processes, the nativization of English in different countries, or the expression of individual identities by means of the English language through structural descriptions to sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, lexicographic, pragmatic, stylistic, and other matters. The articles in the respective sections are written by D.R. Craig, L.M. Haynes, P.L. Patrick, K. Shields-Brodber, and L. Winer; A Banjo, V. de Klerk, R. Mesthrie, J. Schmied, and P. Silva; R.W. Bailey, R. Begum and T. Kandiah, A. Gonzalez, R.R. Mehrotra, P. Mühlhäusler, and M. Newbrook; L. Bauer, S. Butler, M. Clyne, P. Peters and A. Delbridge, G. Tulloch, and G.W. Turner.

Dictionary of Jamaican English

Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789766401276
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Jamaican English written by Frederic G. Cassidy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The method and plan of this dictionary of Jamaican English are basically the same as those of the Oxford English Dictionary, but oral sources have been extensively tapped in addition to detailed coverage of literature published in or about Jamaica since 1655. It contains information about the Caribbean and its dialects, and about Creole languages and general linguistic processes. Entries give the pronounciation, part-of-speach and usage of labels, spelling variants, etymologies and dated citations, as well as definitions. Systematic indexing indicates the extent to which the lexis is shared with other Caribbean countries.