London Jamaican
Language System in Interaction
1st Edition
Published on 3. June 2014
200 pages
978-1-317-89717-0 (ISBN)
Description
London Jamaican provides the reader with a new perspective on African descent in London. Based on research carried out in the early 1980s, the author examines the linguistic background of the community, with special emphasis on young people of the first and second British-born generations.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
7,25 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-89717-0 (9781317897170)
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Other editions
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02/2017
1st Edition
Routledge
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09/1993
1st Edition
Longman
€85.90
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Person
Mark Sebba
Content
Acknowledgements
Transcription conventions
1. Introduction: Creole comes to Britain
2. In search of "London Jamaican"
3. Continuum and variation - approaches to describing Creole
4. London Jamaican...?
5. ...or Black London English?
6. Language within the family
7. Code switching in converstion
8. The many-personed speaker
9. Epilogue: Creole and the future - the language of education
Appendices: the two systems; the conversations
Bibliography
Index
Transcription conventions
1. Introduction: Creole comes to Britain
2. In search of "London Jamaican"
3. Continuum and variation - approaches to describing Creole
4. London Jamaican...?
5. ...or Black London English?
6. Language within the family
7. Code switching in converstion
8. The many-personed speaker
9. Epilogue: Creole and the future - the language of education
Appendices: the two systems; the conversations
Bibliography
Index
