Discussion of topic 1-2 Pieces of related information Bad English or Creole? By Peter Espeut 3-5 Cooper fires at Green paper 6-7 Reflective Poem: The Jamaican Creole 8 Drama: A Misunderstanding
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Jamaicans and their Funny Culture Jamaica is one of the most beautiful Islands in the world. This place is filled with joy love and music. A Jamaican culture is the most beautiful thing anyone could ever think of. Jamaicans have so much joy and spirit with them‚ they also makes you laugh whenever you’re feeling down. However‚ everyone has their own ethnicity‚ culture and personal backgrounds‚ these cultural backgrounds defines who you are as a person. This can also define why people do what they
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Jamaican Creole and Standard English Contrasted | Between 1066 and 1362‚ French was the official language of the England. English was viewed as an inferior vulgar hybridised Creole of Anglo-Saxon‚ Jutish‚ and Danish dialects. (Incidentally‚ Norman French itself could be described as a vulgar hybridised Creole of Gaulish‚ Latin‚ Norse‚ and Frankish dialects). Obviously‚ that opinion has changed‚ and in view of the humble origins of English it might be expected that English be understanding and
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will be an overview on the Jamaican Patois. There will be an analysis of the relationship between this creole and the jamaican official national language. Then it will explain briefly some phonological and grammatical aspect of this variety. JAMAICAN PATOIS: DE FACTO LANGUAGE OF NATIONAL IDENTITY 1. INTRODUCTION Jamaican Patois is a creole language spoken in Jamaica and in a part of the caribbean area (U.S.A‚ Puerto Rico‚ Panama and Costa Rica). It is called Jamaican Creole by specialists and
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the devaluation of the local currency. One manifestation of this is the introduction of the new Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00) note. As the Jamaican dollar devalues‚ low income earners have to make more sacrifices and survive on less because the cost of goods and services has increase exponentially. The current market price of one US dollar to Jamaican currency is 89: 1 respectively. Jamaica has being facing several external shocks such as surging oil prices and the removal of trade from the banana
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language situation is in Jamaica and other neighbouring islands as well as its impact on education. According to Kathryn Shields (1989)‚ two ways in which Standard English in Jamaica is defined are through the traditional metropolitan norms and the educated Jamaicans. She identifies that the discrepancies found in defining Standard English in Jamaica often times go undocumented. However‚ this should not be as teachers would want to use it as they hope to monitor the factors to which their students are
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Claude McKay & Dialectical Analysis In Claude McKay’s‚ “Old England” and “Quashie to Buccra” McKay uses dialect as a way to give poems multiple meanings. What may be seen as a simplistic or naïve poem about Jamaican life may actually be full of double meanings that only a select audience would be able to identify. In his poem’s‚ McKay ultimately gives Negros who work under white colonists the underlying message of black resistance by revolution. Perhaps what makes this interpretation so
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rights on YouTube and the article by Peter L. Patrick entitled Jamaican Creole Morphology and Syntax‚ in terms of pronunciation‚ Jamaican Patois speaker as mentioned in the article normally substitute the /th/ sound to /d/ or /t/ sound. Hence‚ the word “them” will be pronounced as “dem”. Phonologically‚ /ðɛm/ is pronounced as /dɛm/. However‚ in the video‚ we noticed that the word “think” is pronounced the way the native speaker of English would pronounce. His pronunciation of ‘think” as “tink” is not
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Carnell Jackson September 22‚ 2011 BUSG-178-105 Mrs. Tricia Jeanfreau Jamaican Jerk Chicken A Taste of the Caribbean When I received this writing assignment‚ and I saw I had the option on writing about any particular recipe; I immediately called up my Jamaican friend‚ Bob Marley‚ and my Mom who got married in Jamaica. My mom said: "Oh‚ I have a really great recipe from the Hotel’s Executive Chef‚ where your Dad and I got married. But it’s in the garage and I don’t
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this country from Jamaica when I was 1 year old‚ I still identify myself as being Jamaican‚ even though I cannot speak the Jamaican language. This is because my parents have always surrounded me with people and things Jamaican. My parents’ brothers and sisters are Jamaican and when they visit‚ they always talk with the Jamaican accent and do things and cook dishes that are Jamaican. I can always talk with my Jamaican cousins and we can always confide in each other. When I was younger‚ I would go to
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