Language in Exile [[electronic resource] ] : Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole
| Language in Exile [[electronic resource] ] : Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole |
| Autore | Lalla Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Alabama, : University of Alabama Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina |
427.927292
427.97292 427/.97292 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | D'CostaJean |
| Soggetto topico |
Creole dialects, English -- Jamaica -- History
Creole dialects, English -- Jamaica -- Texts |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8173-8409-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
Text 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 Text 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 Text 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 B. 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457544803321 |
Lalla Barbara
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| Alabama, : University of Alabama Press, 2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Language in Exile [[electronic resource] ] : Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole
| Language in Exile [[electronic resource] ] : Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole |
| Autore | Lalla Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Alabama, : University of Alabama Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina |
427.927292
427.97292 427/.97292 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | D'CostaJean |
| Soggetto topico |
Creole dialects, English -- Jamaica -- History
Creole dialects, English -- Jamaica -- Texts |
| ISBN | 0-8173-8409-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
Text 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 Text 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 Text 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 B. 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778911003321 |
Lalla Barbara
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| Alabama, : University of Alabama Press, 2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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