Overview
"The method and plan of this dictionary of Jamaican English are basically the same as 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. It contains information about the Caribbean and its dialects, and about Creole languages and general linguistic processes. Entries give the pronounciation, part-of-speach and usage of 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."
Full Product Details
Author: F.G. Cassidy ,
R.B.Le Page
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Imprint: University of the West Indies Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.771kg
ISBN: 9789766401276
ISBN 10: 9766401276
Pages: 500
Publication Date: 30 January 2003
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
A landmark in the study of creolized languages. -Journal of English and Germanic Philology Must surely become a handbook for any student of West Indian culture and society, attaining as it does almost encyclopedic scale in the information given in the description and history of, for instance, the flora and fauna or the products of Jamaica. -Linguistics Remarkably well-compiled and interesting Times Literary Supplement
A landmark in the study of creolized languages. -Journal of English and Germanic Philology Must surely become a handbook for any student of West Indian culture and society, attaining as it does almost encyclopedic scale in the information given in the description and history of, for instance, the flora and fauna or the products of Jamaica. -Linguistics Remarkably well-compiled and interesting Times Literary Supplement
Remarkably well-compiled and interesting Times Literary Supplement Must surely become a handbook for any student of West Indian culture and society, attaining as it does almost encyclopedic scale in the information given in the description and history of, for instance, the flora and fauna or the products of Jamaica. -Linguistics A landmark in the study of creolized languages. -Journal of English and Germanic Philology
Author Information
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.
