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Dread talk : the language of Rastafari /
"In Dread Talk Velma Pollard describes the language of Rastafari, tracing its development as an expansion of Jamaican Creole while showing that it is distinct from both Creole and Standard English. She demonstrates that dread talk must be understood in terms of Jamaican social history, emphasiz...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Barbados :
Canoe Press : McGill-Queen's University Press,
2000.
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| Edición: | Revised edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In Dread Talk Velma Pollard describes the language of Rastafari, tracing its development as an expansion of Jamaican Creole while showing that it is distinct from both Creole and Standard English. She demonstrates that dread talk must be understood in terms of Jamaican social history, emphasizing its religious origins, its evolution as a language of social protest, and its spread around the world through the Reggae music of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Jimmy Cliff. This revised edition includes a new chapter, "Dread Talk in the Diaspora," that discusses Rastafarian as used in the urban centres of North America and Europe."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 117 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-117). |
| ISBN: | 9780773568280 077356828X |