dc.contributor.author
Irvine-Sobers, G. Alison
dc.date.accessioned
2018-11-30T08:08:42Z
dc.date.available
2018-11-30T08:08:42Z
dc.identifier.isbn
978-3-96110-115-3 (Hardcover)
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/23331
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-1119
dc.description.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.
en
dc.format.extent
ii, 190 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
phonological variation
en
dc.subject.ddc
400 Sprache::410 Linguistik::410 Linguistik
dc.title
The acrolect in Jamaica
dc.title.subtitle
The architecture of phonological variation
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.5281/zenodo.1306618
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername
Language Science Press
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/203
refubium.affiliation
Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
yes
refubium.series.issueNumber
1
refubium.series.name
Studies in Caribbean languages
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dc.identifier.eisbn
978-3-96110-114-6