000 02488nam a22003617a 4500
001 103665
003 KnowledgeUnlatched
005 20210303104816.0
006 m o d
007 cr u||||||||||
008 210129p20182019gw o u00| u eng d
037 _5BiblioBoard
245 0 4 _aThe acrolect in Jamaica
_bThe architecture of phonological variation /
_cG. Alison Irvine-Sobers.
020 _a9783961101146
024 8 _a10.5281/zenodo.1306618
029 1 _ahttps://library.biblioboard.com/ext/api/media/5850ea2a-fc93-4118-9104-a44c7ee330e6/assets/thumbnail.jpg
040 _aScCtBLL
_cScCtBLL
100 1 _aIrvine-Sobers, G. Alison
_eauthor.
264 1 _bLanguage Science Press,
300 _a1 online resource (203 p.)
506 0 _aAccess copy available to the general public.
_fUnrestricted
_2star
520 _aAn 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 Englishâ€_x009d_ - 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 Englishâ€_x009d_ clearly reflect the centuries-old coexistence of English and Creole, and suggest local norms must be our starting point for discussing the acrolect.
588 0 _aDescription based on print version record.
590 _aLanguage Science Press 2018-2020
650 7 _aLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics
_2bisacsh
650 0 _aLanguage arts
655 0 _aElectronic books.
758 _iIs found in:
_aKnowledge Unlatched
_1https://openresearchlibrary.org/module/2774bc74-146a-484f-a7ba-ab1d6a09bbfb
856 4 0 _uhttps://openresearchlibrary.org/content/5850ea2a-fc93-4118-9104-a44c7ee330e6
_zView this content on Open Research Library.
_70
999 _c32701
_d32701