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Dictionary of Jamaican English

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Availability:In StockContributor:F. G. Cassidy (Editor), R. B. Le Page (Editor)Publish date:2003-01-01Pages:576
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of the West Indies PressISBN-13:9789766401276ISBN-10:9766401276UPC:9789766401276Book Category:Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, ReferenceBook Subcategory:Caribbean & Latin American, DictionariesSize:8.99 x 6.04 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.6821Product ID:SCKYPYE27Y

Originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1967 and then revised as a second edition in 1980, this classic study has never before been available in a paperback edition. This method and plan of the dictionary are basically 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.

The dictionary is a mine of information about the Caribbean and its dialects, about the history of English and its dialects, and about Creole languages and general linguistic processes.

Entries give the pronunciation, part-of-speech and usage 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: Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados, Nicaragua and Belize.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of the West Indies PressISBN-13:9789766401276ISBN-10:9766401276UPC:9789766401276Book Category:Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, ReferenceBook Subcategory:Caribbean & Latin American, DictionariesSize:8.99 x 6.04 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.6821Product ID:SCKYPYE27Y
Cassidy, Frederic G.: - F.G. Cassidy was a well-known linguist, the author of Jamaica Talk: Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica and the chief editor of The Dictionary of American Regional English.Le Page, R. B.: - R.B. Le Page taught at the University of the West Indies and the University of York. He is the author of numerous publications, including Creole Language Studies, The National Language Question and Vernacular Literacy.
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press

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2nd Edition

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F. G. Cassidy (Editor), R. B. Le Page (Editor)

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