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Jamaica Talk: Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica
Cassidy
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First published in 1961, Jamaica Talk is a thorough study of the English spoken in Jamaica and, although intended for the general educated reader rather than the linguistic specialist, has a foundation of sound scholarship.
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
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I. HISTORY, PRONUNCIATION AND GRAMMAR
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CHAPTER 1. JAMAICANISMS
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CHAPTER 2. SOURCES OF JAMAICA TALK
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CHAPTER 3. JAMAICAN PRONUNCIATION
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CHAPTER 4. JAMAICAN GRAMMAR
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II. JAMAICAN VOCABULARY
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CHAPTER 5. WORK AND OCCUPATIONS
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CHAPTER 6. SEASONS AND PLACES: MEASUREMENTS
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CHAPTER 7. PARTS OF THE BODY: BODILY CONDITIONS
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CHAPTER 8. PEOPLE: RACES AND TYPES
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CHAPTER 9. DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE I
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CHAPTER 10. DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE II
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CHAPTER 11. RELIGION, BELIEF, SUPERSTITION
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CHAPTER 12. JOHN CANOE: OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS
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CHAPTER 13. WILD ANIMALS
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CHAPTER 14. BIRDS
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CHAPTER 15. FISH
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CHAPTER 16. PLANTS
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CHAPTER 17. CONCLUSIONS
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BOOKS, PERIODICALS, AND MANUSCRIPTS CITED
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INFORMANTS
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HOW TO USE THE NOTES
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NOTES
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APPENDIX I
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APPENDIX II
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WORD LIST
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Published: 2007
Publisher: The University of the West Indies Press
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