Urban Jamaican creole : variation in the mesolect /

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.
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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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