Dread Talk: The Language of Rastafari - Softcover

Pollard PH.D., Dr Velma

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9789768125682: Dread Talk: The Language of Rastafari
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ISBN 10: 9768125683 ISBN 13: 9789768125682
Publisher: University Press of the West Indies, 2000

Synopsis

Pollard analyses the speech code of the Rastafari of Jamaica, a group that adjusted the languages of the Jamaican people to suit their religious, philosophical, social and economic concerns as people speaking from "under".

The book includes descriptions of Dread Talk, the speech of the Rastafari, as an example of lexical expansion in a creole language, and the influence of the lexicon on Jamaican English. It also discusses the adjustment of the language to other creoles, both English and French-related, in the Eastern Caribbean. New to this revised edition is a chapter on "Dread Talk in the Diaspora" that discusses the language as used in the urban centres of North America and Europe.

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Publisher
University Press of the West Indies
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9768125683
ISBN 13 
9789768125682
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
136
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9780773520301: Dread Talk: The Language of the Rastafari

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ISBN 10:  0773520309 ISBN 13:  9780773520301
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000
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