The ICE Jamaica corpus is now available for academic research.
The Jamaican
ICE corpus is coordinated by
Professor Dr Christian Mair
Englisches
Seminar Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Postfach
Werthmannplatz
D-79085
Freiburg
Germany
Email: mairch@ruf.uni-freiburg.de
Dr
K. Shields-Brodber
Department of Language,
Linguistics, & Philosophy
University of
the West Indies
Mona
Kingston
7
Jamaica
Email: kbrodber@uwimona.edu.jm
Prof. Dr. Hubert
Devonish
Department of Language, Linguistics, &
Philosophy
University of the West
Indies
Mona
Kingston
7
Jamaica
Email: devonish@uwimona.edu.jm
 Project
Website with sound files
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Listen to
Jamaican English
A selection of sound
files from the corpus
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In linguistic terms, standard Jamaican English
occupies a position in between native new Englishes (eg. New
Zealand, Canada) and official or second-language varieties
(eg. India, Singapore). The standard variety has emerged on
the basis of a British colonial past, a strong American
influence in the present, and a vibrant local linguistic
heritage. Population: c.2.6 million.
Reading
Holm, J. A. English in the Caribbean.
In Burchfield, R.W. (ed.) The Cambridge
History of the English Language Vol. 5. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, pp. 328-381
Lawton,
D.L. (1984) English in the Caribbean. In Bailey, R.W. and M. Görlach (eds) English as a World Language. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
pp.251-280. |
Links
Online Newspapers
Jamaica
Gleaner
Jamaica
Observer
Online Radio
Stations
Radio
Jamaica |
