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Honouring the remarkable career of Professor Hubert Devonish, a leading scholar in linguistics, language education, and cultural studies, Sounds of Advocacy, Language and Liberation provides a representative spread of linguistics addressing critical areas of academic and social responsibility through the exploration and analysis of theoretical and sociocultural concerns. Through his tireless research Devonish illuminated the complexities of Caribbean Creole languages and championed their rightful place in academia and society. This festschrift reveals the impact of Devonish's work on linguistic theory, spanning fascinating topics like implosives in Jamaican Creole and the mathematical constraints on allowable sentences in Guyanese Creole. The papers contain insightful analyses of the relationship between language, education, and culture, including Devonish's groundbreaking work on Creole language literacy and the importance of promoting multilingualism. Provocative discussions on the intersection of politics, law, and language, shed light on Devonish's unwavering commitment to social justice and the empowerment of marginalised communities. More than just a collection of academic contributions, Sounds of Advocacy serves as a tribute to Professor Devonish's dedication to intellectual inquiry, social justice, and the advancement of Caribbean languages and cultures.

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Author:   Clive Forrester ,  Nickesha Dawkins
Publisher:   University of the West Indies Press
Imprint:   University of the West Indies Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9789766408947

ISBN 10:   9766408947
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   02 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword: Carolyn Cooper Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Clive Forrester, Nickesha Dawkins Section 1: Linguistic Theory Chapter 1: Devonish’s Conjecture relating the number, An, of ‘allowable’ sentences in a Creole/English speech community to n, the length of the sentences - Ewarth Thomas Chapter 2: Phonetic variation in voiced stops in Moore Town - Shelome Gooden Section 2: Language, Education, and Culture Chapter 3: School of Drama students’ perceptions of Standard English: The impact of background on confidence levels in the use of language - Elizabeth Montoya-Steman Chapter 4: Variability Across Repeated Productions in Bilingual Children - Sandy Abu El Adas, Tara McAllister, Karla Washington Chapter 5: Caribbeanizing a Culturally Responsive Approach - Lisa Tomlinson Chapter 6: The Slighted Language Skill: Advocating for Best Practice in Listening Instruction - Janice Jules Chapter 7: Waa gwaan?: Jamaican language and technological orature in the creation of authentic African Diasporic identities in the U.S. hip hop generation - Renee Blake and Nickesha Dawkins Section 3: Politics and Law Chapter 8: Political Cartoons of the 2008 General Elections in Barbados: A Rhetorical Perspective - Korah Belgrave Chapter 9: Language Rights & The Inter-American Human Rights System: A Preliminary Examination - Alison Irvine-Sobers Chapter 10: “Don’t Say a Word”: Interpreting Jamaican Idioms in a Toronto Murder Case - Clive Forrester

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Clive Forrester, PhD, is a faculty member in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo where he teaches courses on academic writing, technical writing, linguistics, and Caribbean language and culture. He is currently the president of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics. Nickesha Dawkins is a lecturer at the University of the West Indies. Her research focuses on Phonetics and Phonology, and Language and Gender. She recently translated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Jamaican Creole for the United Nations. She earned her PhD from the UWI (Mona) in 2016.

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