36.2531, Books: Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances: Gerfer (2025)

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Subject: 36.2531, Books: Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances: Gerfer (2025)

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Date: 26-Aug-2025
From: Carla Hepburn [carla.hepburn at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances: Gerfer (2025)


Title: Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances
Subtitle: Language Use, Perceptions, Attitudes
Series Title: New Directions in World Englishes Research
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
           http://www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
Book URL:
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-jamaican-creole-in-global-reggae-and-dancehall-performances.html

Author(s): Anika Gerfer

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Abstract:

This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the study of
cultural and linguistic appropriation. It explores the use of Jamaican
Creole phonetic and morphosyntactic features by Jamaican and
non-Jamaican reggae and dancehall artists as well as Jamaicans’
evaluations of this linguistic behaviour.
While positive attitudes prevail, some Jamaicans take a rather
negative stance and perceive the use of Jamiacan Creole as
inauthentic, misrepresentative and stereotyping. The findings of
Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances emphasise
the importance of bringing together quantitative data on underlying
patterns of language use and qualitative interview data on language
perceptions and attitudes. Gerfer demonstrates that in a world of
ongoing globalisation, World Englishes may become imitation-worthy
codes which artists all across the globe use – more or less –
proficiently and convincingly in their music performances.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Sociolinguistics

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

Written In: English (eng)



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