Dread Talk

Autor*innen

• Dr Velma Pollard

Parameter

• 132 Seiten
• 5 Lesestunden

• Anthropologie
• Linguistik

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Describes the language of Rastafari, tracing its development as an expansion of Jamaican Creole while showing how it is distinct both from Creole and Standard English. This title examines the effects of Rastafarian language on Creole in other parts of the Carribean, its influence in Jamaican poetry, and its effects on standard Jamaican English.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Einband: Paperback