A Dictionary of Jamaican English - Softcover

Cassidy, Frederic Gomes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9766401276 ISBN 13: 9789766401276

Verlag: University of the West Indies Press, 2003

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Originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1967 and then revised as a second edition in 1980, this classic study has never before been available in a paperback edition. This method and plan of the dictionary are basically those of the Oxford English Dictionary, but oral sources have been extensively tapped in addition to detailed coverage of literature published in or about Jamaica since 1655.

The dictionary is a mine of information about the Caribbean and its dialects, about the history of English and its dialects, and about Creole languages and general linguistic processes.

Entries give the pronunciation, part-of-speech and usage labels, spelling variants, etymologies and dated citations, as well as definitions. Systematic indexing indicates the extent to which the lexis is shared with other Caribbean countries: Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados, Nicaragua and Belize.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

F.G. Cassidy was a well-known linguist and the chief editor of The Dictionary of American Regional English. R.B. LePage taught at the Universities of the West Indies and York. He is the author of numerous publications, including Creole Language Studies, The National Language Question, and Vernacular Literacy.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of the West Indies Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9766401276
• ISBN 13: 9789766401276
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 576
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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