LEADER 05047nam 22005773u 450 001 9910778911003321 005 20230721020631.0 010 $a0-8173-8409-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000088884 035 $a(EBL)1047505 035 $a(OCoLC)817893218 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000646478 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11445888 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646478 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10699264 035 $a(PQKB)11368207 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1047505 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000088884 100 $a20130418d2009|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLanguage in Exile$b[electronic resource] $eThree Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole 210 $aAlabama $cUniversity of Alabama Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-5565-0 327 $aContents; Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Part One: Early Jamaican Creole; Introduction; 1. The Colonial Crucible; 2. Source Materials; 3. Reconstructing the Sound System; 4. Morphosyntax and Lexicon; 5. Language Variation; 6. Implications of the Data; Part Two Data and Commentary; 7. The Late Seventeenth Century; Text 1. Sir Hans Sloane, A Voyage to . . . the Islands Madera, Barbados, . . . and Jamaica; A. Angolan Chant; B. Koromanti Chant; 8. The Eighteenth Century; Text 2. The Importance of Jamaica to Great Britain Consider'd in a Letter to a Gentleman; Early Fragment 327 $aText 3. A Short Journey in the West IndiesA. An Old Man of the Late Eighteenth Century; B. White Creole Child; Text 4. J. B. Moreton, West India Customs and Manners; Song: Hipsaw! My Deaa!; 9. The Early Nineteenth Century; Text 5. Captain Hugh Crow, Memoirs; Song Made by the People of Colour in Jamaica on Captain Hugh Crow; Text 6. Walter Jekyll, Jamaican Song and Story; Brother Annancy and Brother Death; Text 7. Montgomery; or, The West Indian Adventure; The Slave and the New Buckera; Text 8. Matthew G. Lewis, Journal of a West India Proprietor; A. Eerie; B. Song at Cornwall Estate 327 $aText 9. Song. "Quaco Sam"Text 10. Cynric R. Williams, A Tour through the Island of Jamaica in the Year 1823; A. Sermon at a Funeral; B. Song. Hi! De Buckra, Hi!; Text 11. Marly, or a Planter's Life in Jamaica; A. Kirstening; B. Sermon; C. Song: "The Woodpecka"; Text 12. Michael Scott, Tom Cringle's Log; A. A Black Sailor; B. The Black Pilot; Text 13. [Bernard Martin Senior], Jamaica as It Was, as It Is, and as It May Be; Arguing with Massa; Text 14. James M. Phillippo, Jamaica: Its Past and Present State; A. Letter from John Duglass; B. Letter from Richard Bullock; C. A Deacon's Prayer 327 $aText 15. Richard Robert Madden, A Twelvemonth Residence in the West IndiesA. The Language of Flattery; B. Mathew's Oration; Text 16. James Williams, Narrative of the Cruel Treatment . . . of a Negro Apprentice; An Apprentice's Testimony; 10. The Later Nineteenth Century; Text 17. Henry G. Murray, Manners and Customs of the Country a Generation Ago; Mudfish and Watchman; Text 18. [Henry G. Murray], in "Creole Folklore from Jamaica"; A. The Origin of Woman; B. Song. Oh! What Do My Buddy, O!; Text 19. William George Hamley, Captain Clutterbuck's Champagne; A. A Black Sailor's Yarn 327 $aB. A Brown NurseText 20. Captain Mayne Reid, The Maroon; A. The Myal Man and the Parlormaid; B. The Myal Man and the Jew; Text 21. Thomas Russell, The Etymology of Jamaica Grammar; Text 22. C[harles] Rampini, Letters from Jamaica; Love Letters; Text 23. Mary Pamela Milne-Home, Mamma's Black Nurse Stories; Anansi and Alligator; Text 24. Cumina Chant: "Tange Lange Jeni"; Cumina Chant; The Odamttens' Glosses; Vincent Odamtten's Verse Translation; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index 330 $a""An important addition to studies of the genesis and life of Jamaican Creole as well as other New World creoles such as Gulla. Highlighting the nature of the nonstandard varieties of British English dialects to which the African slaves were exposed, this work presents a refreshingly cogent view of Jamaican Creole features."" --SECOL Review ""The history of Jamaican Creole comes to life through this book. Scholars will analyze its texts, follow the leads it opens up, and argue about refining its interpretations for a long time to come."" --Journal of Pidgin & C 606 $aCreole dialects, English -- Jamaica -- History 606 $aCreole dialects, English -- Jamaica -- Texts 615 4$aCreole dialects, English -- Jamaica -- History. 615 4$aCreole dialects, English -- Jamaica -- Texts. 676 $a427.927292 676 $a427.97292 676 $a427/.97292 700 $aLalla$b Barbara$01499113 701 $aD'Costa$b Jean$01499114 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778911003321 996 $aLanguage in Exile$93724952 997 $aUNINA