| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 17
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Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 17.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-320) and indexes. |
| Contents |
URBAN JAMAICAN CREOLE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 The Urban Speech Community of Kingston, Jamaica; CHAPTER 3 Field Methods and Data Analysis; CHAPTER 4 Phonolexical Variation: Palatal Glides; CHAPTER 5 Phonological Variation: Consonant Cluster Simplification; CHAPTER 6 Creole Pre-Verbal Past-Markers; CHAPTER 7 Past-Marking by Verb Inflection; CHAPTER 8 Social Variation in the Veeton Speech Community; References; Index of Language Varieties. |
| Summary |
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 chi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Creole dialects, English -- Variation -- Jamaica.
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Creole dialects, English -- Variation. |
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Jamaica. |
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Creole dialects, English. |
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Urban dialects -- Jamaica -- Kingston.
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Urban dialects. |
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Jamaica -- Kingston. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Patrick, Peter L. Urban Jamaican creole. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©1999 (DLC) 99013046 |
| ISBN |
9789027298539 (electronic book) |
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902729853X (electronic book) |
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9781556194481 (alkaline paper) |
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155619448X (alkaline paper) |
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155619448X (alkaline paper) |
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9027248753 (Eur.) |
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