ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Jamaica Talk : Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Kingston : University of the West Indies Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (479 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789766401702
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jamaica TalkDDC classification:
  • 427.97292
LOC classification:
  • PE3313 -- .C37 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- I. HISTORY, PRONUNCIATION AND GRAMMAR -- CHAPTER 1. JAMAICANISMS -- CHAPTER 2. SOURCES OF JAMAICA TALK -- CHAPTER 3. JAMAICAN PRONUNCIATION -- CHAPTER 4. JAMAICAN GRAMMAR -- II. JAMAICAN VOCABULARY -- CHAPTER 5. WORK AND OCCUPATIONS -- CHAPTER 6. SEASONS AND PLACES: MEASUREMENTS -- CHAPTER 7. PARTS OF THE BODY: BODILY CONDITIONS -- CHAPTER 8. PEOPLE: RACES AND TYPES -- CHAPTER 9. DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE I -- CHAPTER 10. DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE II -- CHAPTER 11. RELIGION, BELIEF, SUPERSTITION -- CHAPTER 12. JOHN CANOE: OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS -- CHAPTER 13. WILD ANIMALS -- CHAPTER 14. BIRDS -- CHAPTER 15. FISH -- CHAPTER 16. PLANTS -- CHAPTER 17. CONCLUSIONS -- BOOKS, PERIODICALS, AND MANUSCRIPTS CITED -- INFORMANTS -- HOW TO USE THE NOTES -- NOTES -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- WORD LIST.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- I. HISTORY, PRONUNCIATION AND GRAMMAR -- CHAPTER 1. JAMAICANISMS -- CHAPTER 2. SOURCES OF JAMAICA TALK -- CHAPTER 3. JAMAICAN PRONUNCIATION -- CHAPTER 4. JAMAICAN GRAMMAR -- II. JAMAICAN VOCABULARY -- CHAPTER 5. WORK AND OCCUPATIONS -- CHAPTER 6. SEASONS AND PLACES: MEASUREMENTS -- CHAPTER 7. PARTS OF THE BODY: BODILY CONDITIONS -- CHAPTER 8. PEOPLE: RACES AND TYPES -- CHAPTER 9. DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE I -- CHAPTER 10. DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE II -- CHAPTER 11. RELIGION, BELIEF, SUPERSTITION -- CHAPTER 12. JOHN CANOE: OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS -- CHAPTER 13. WILD ANIMALS -- CHAPTER 14. BIRDS -- CHAPTER 15. FISH -- CHAPTER 16. PLANTS -- CHAPTER 17. CONCLUSIONS -- BOOKS, PERIODICALS, AND MANUSCRIPTS CITED -- INFORMANTS -- HOW TO USE THE NOTES -- NOTES -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- WORD LIST.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.