29.4801, Books: The acrolect in Jamaica: Irvine-Sobers

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Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:28:29
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: The acrolect in Jamaica: Irvine-Sobers

 


Title: The acrolect in Jamaica 
Subtitle: The architecture of phonological variation 
Series Title: Studies in Caribbean Languages  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/203 


Author: G. Alison Irvine-Sobers

Electronic: ISBN:  9783961101146 Pages: 202 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

An ability to speak Jamaican Standard English is the stated requirement for
any managerial or frontline position in corporate Jamaica. This research looks
at the phonological variation that occurs in the formal speech of this type of
employee, and focuses on the specific cohort chosen to represent Jamaica in
interactions with local and international clients. The variation that does
emerge, shows both the presence of some features traditionally characterized
as Creole and a clear avoidance of other features found in basilectal and
mesolectal Jamaican. Some phonological items are prerequisites for “good
English” - variables that define the user as someone who speaks English - even
if other Creole variants are present. The ideologies of language and language
use that Jamaican speakers hold about “good English” clearly reflect the
centuries-old coexistence of English and Creole, and suggest local norms must
be our starting point for discussing the acrolect.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Creole English, Jamaican (jam)


Written In: English  (eng)

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