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100 1 _aWestphal, Michael.
245 1 0 _aLanguage Variation on Jamaican Radio.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aAmsterdam/Philadelphia :
_bJohn Benjamins Publishing Company,
_c2017.
264 4 _c©2017.
300 _a1 online resource (275 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aVarieties of English Around the World Series ;
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505 0 _aIntro -- Language Variation on Jamaican Radio -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to studying language on Jamaican radio -- 2. Language in the media -- 2.1 The mass media and sociolinguistics -- 2.2 The role(s) of mass media in the speech community -- 2.3 Approaches to media discourse -- 2.4 Studies on newscasts and talk radio -- 2.5 Findings, controversies, and gaps I: Language in the media -- 3. Jamaican sociolinguistics -- 3.1 Linguistic complexity in Jamaica -- 3.2 Shifting focus: From the basilect to the acrolect -- 3.3 Functional distribution and sociolinguistic changes -- 3.4 The media as a prime domain of sociolinguistic change -- 3.5 Findings, controversies, and gaps II: Jamaican sociolinguistics -- 3.6 Aims and research questions I: Language use -- 4. Language attitudes -- 4.1 Defining the multidimensionality of language attitudes -- 4.2 From language attitudes to language ideologies -- 4.3 Language attitude research on World Englishes -- 4.4 Creole and English: Paradoxical ideologies and attitudes -- 4.5 Attitudes toward Standard Englishes in the anglophone Caribbean -- 4.6 Findings, controversies, and gaps III: Language attitudes -- 4.7 Aims and research questions II: Language attitudes -- 5. Data and methods I -- 5.1 Collection, selection, and processing of radio data -- 5.2 Quantitative analysis -- 5.3 Qualitative analysis -- 5.4 Variables -- 5.4.1 Set A: Consonants -- Word-initial voiced TH-stopping and Word-initial voiceless TH-stopping -- Word-initial H-deletion -- Rhoticity -- Word-final (-t, -d) consonant clusters -- 5.4.2 Set B: Diphthongs -- GOAT and FACE -- 5.4.3 Set C: Monophthongs -- STRUT -- TRAP and BATH -- LOT -- 5.4.4 Additional accent features -- 6. Language use in Jamaican radio newscasts.
505 8 _a6.1 Accent variability among Jamaican newscasters -- 6.1.1 Variable Set A - newscasts: Consonants -- 6.1.2 Variable Set B - newscasts: Diphthongs -- 6.1.3 Variable Set C - newscasts: Monophthongs -- 6.1.4 Additional accent features - newscasts -- 6.2 Linguistic variation along segments of Jamaican newscasts -- 6.2.1 Jingles -- 6.2.2 Greeting and sign-off sequences -- 6.2.3 Newsreading -- 6.2.4 Interviews -- 6.2.5 Reports -- 6.2.6 Imported news segments -- 6.3 Summary: Language use in Jamaican newscasts -- 7. Language use in Jamaican radio talk shows -- 7.1 The four talk shows and their hosts -- 7.2 Variability among the talk show hosts' baseline styles -- 7.2.1 Variable Set A - talk shows: Consonants -- 7.2.2 Variable Set B - talk shows: Diphthongs -- 7.2.3 Variable Set C - talk shows: Monophthongs -- 7.2.4 Additional accent features - talk shows -- 7.2.5 Morpho-syntactic and lexical variation in the baseline styles -- 7.3 Stylistic variation -- 7.3.1 Jamaica Speaks with Densil Williams -- 7.3.2 Hotline with Orville Taylor -- 7.3.3 Hotline with Barbara Gloudon -- 7.3.4 Straight Up with Jerry Small -- 7.4 Summary of language use in Jamaican radio talk shows -- 8. Data and methods II -- 8.1 Variety rating study -- 8.2 Direct questioning -- 8.3 Folk-linguistic approach -- 8.4 Fieldwork and informants -- 8.5 Vocal stimuli -- 9. Attitudes toward linguistic variation on Jamaican radio -- 9.1 Results of direct questioning -- 9.2 Results of variety rating study I - newscasts -- 9.3 Results of variety rating study II - talk shows -- 9.4 Results of folk-linguistic interviews -- 9.5 Linguistic norms of production -- 9.6 Summary of attitudes toward linguistic variation on Jamaican radio -- 10. Discussion and conclusion -- 10.1 Language use in Jamaican radio newscasts -- 10.1.1 Standard Englishes in newscasts.
505 8 _a10.1.2 Sociolinguistic constraints on language use in newscasts -- 10.1.3 Roles, functions, and social meanings of Standard Englishes and Jamaican Creole in newscasts -- 10.2 Language use in Jamaican radio talk shows -- 10.2.1 Inter- and intraspeaker variation between English and Creole in talk shows -- 10.2.2 Sociolinguistic constraints on language use in talk shows -- 10.2.3 Roles, functions, and social meanings of English and Creole in talk shows -- 10.3 Attitudes toward linguistic variation on Jamaican radio -- 10.3.1 Attitudes toward linguistic variation in Jamaican radio newscasts -- 10.3.2 Attitudes toward linguistic variation in Jamaican talk radio -- 10.3.3 Multidimensionality of language attitudes -- 10.4 The notion of Standard English on Jamaican radio -- 10.5 Sociolinguistic changes and endonormativity on Jamaican radio -- 10.6 Destandardization and demotization on Jamaican radio -- 10.7 The integrated approach to mass media revisited -- References -- Language use data overview -- Excerpts overview -- Formulae -- Jamaican Radio Survey - rating schemes and direct questions -- Subject index.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEnglish language-Variation-Jamaica.
650 0 _aEnglish language-Jamaica.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aWestphal, Michael
_tLanguage Variation on Jamaican Radio
_dAmsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2017
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797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aVarieties of English Around the World Series
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