Phonological variation in rural Jamaican schools
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Phonological variation in rural Jamaican schools
(Creole language library, v. 42)
John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012
- : Hb
Available at 7 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
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  United States of America
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Kobe Shoin Women's University Library / Kobe Shoin Women's College Library
: Hb801.1/15412109096
Note
Originally published as: Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Essex, 2008
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-265) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book investigates variation in the classroom speech of 7-year-old children who are learning Standard Jamaican English as a second language variety in rural Jamaica. For sociolinguists and second language/dialect researchers interested in the acquisition and use of sociolinguistic variables, an important challenge is how to efficiently account for language learning mechanisms and use. To date, this book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary look into phonological and phonetic variation observed in primary school in Jamaica, that is from the perspective of classic variationist and quantitative sociolinguistics and a usage-based model. Both frameworks function as explanatory for the children's learning of phono-stylistic variation, which they encounter in their immediate linguistic environment, i.e. most often through their teachers' speech. This book is intended for sociolinguists interested in child language variation, linguists working on formal aspects of the languages of the Caribbean, applied linguists concerned with the teaching and learning of second language phonology, and any researchers interested in applying variationist and quantitative methods to classroom second language learning.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. List of tables, figures and charts
- 3. Chapter 1. Introduction
- 4. Chapter 2. Variation in child phonology
- 5. Chapter 3. Language and education in Jamaica
- 6. Chapter 4. Researching the school communities
- 7. Chapter 5. Word-final (-t, -d) consonant clusters
- 8. Chapter 6. Word-final vowel duration
- 9. Chapter 7. Learning phono-stylistic variation in the classroom
- 10. Chapter 8. Conclusion and pedagogical implications
- 11. References
- 12. Appendices
- 13. Index
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