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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826801003321

Autore

Tomei Renato

Titolo

Jamaican speech forms in Ethiopia : the emergence of a new linguistic scenario in Shashamane / / by Renato Tomei

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

427.972

Soggetti

Creole dialects - Ethiopia

Ethiopia Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF EXTRACTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; REFERENCES; ANNEXES

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first systematic cross-disciplinary survey on the use of Jamaican English in Ethiopia, describing the dynamics of language acquisition in a multi-lectal and multicultural context. It is the result of over eight years' worth of research conducted in both Jamaica and Africa, and is a recognition of the trans-cultural influence of the ""Repatriation Movement"" and other diasporic movements. The method and materials adopted in this book point to a constant spread and diffusion of J...