The acrolect in Jamaica
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 J...
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| author | Irvine-Sobers, G. Alison |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-278842025-07-30T09:47:55Z The acrolect in Jamaica Irvine-Sobers, G. Alison Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics 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. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-01-04 23:55 2018-12-01 23:55:55 2020-03-10 03:00:38 2020-04-01T11:51:19Z 2018-11-28 book 1002621 OCN: 1082956692 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27389 9783961101146 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27884 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27389/1/1002621.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27389/1/1002621.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27389/1/1002621.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27389/1/1002621.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27389/1/1002621.pdf Language Science Press 10.5281/zenodo.1306618 10.5281/zenodo.1306618 ed03121b-b998-4b50-8d58-1d0745565558 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783961101146 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Language Science Press 2018-2020 Berlin 103665 Language Science Press 2018 - 2020 open access |
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