London Jamaican: Language System in Interaction

ISBN-13: 9780582080959 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 200 str.

Mark Sebba

Opis

This case study aims to provide an insight into the language use of Afro-Caribbeans in London. It places emphasis on the linguistic background of the community and in particular on young people of the first and second British-born generations.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Mark Sebba