Cassidy, Frederic G.

Jamaica Talk : Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (479 pages)

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.

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