Dread Talk: The Language of the Rastafari - Velma Pollard - Books - McGill-Queen's University Press - 9780773520301 - May 15, 2000
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Describes the language of Rastafari, tracing its development as an expansion of Jamaican Creole while showing how it is distinct both from Creole and Standard English. This title examines the effects of Rastafarian language on Creole in other parts of the Carribean, its influence in Jamaican poetry, and its effects on standard Jamaican English.

96 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 15, 2000
Original release date 1999
ISBN13 9780773520301
Publishers McGill-Queen's University Press
Pages 96
Dimensions 129 × 203 × 10 mm   ·   145 g

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