Urban Jamaican creole : variation in the mesolect /

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Author / Creator:	Patrick, Peter L.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 17 Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 17.
Subject:	Creole dialects, English -- Variation -- Jamaica. Urban dialects -- Jamaica -- Kingston. Creole dialects, English -- Variation. Urban dialects. Jamaica. Jamaica -- Kingston. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11144947

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ISBN:	9789027298539 902729853X 9781556194481 155619448X 155619448X 9027248753
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-320) and indexes. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Patrick, Peter L. Urban Jamaican creole. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©1999

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