Dictionary of Jamaican English - Hardcover

Cassidy, Frederic G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521045886 ISBN 13: 9780521045889

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1967

Synopsis

The method and plan of this dictionary of Jamaican English are basically the same as those of the "Oxford English Dictionary", but oral sources have been extensively tapped in addition to detailed coverage of literature published in or about Jamaica since 1655. It contains information about the Caribbean and its dialects, and about Creole languages and general linguistic processes. Entries give the pronounciation, part-of-speach and usage of labels, spelling variants, etymologies and dated citations, as well as definitions. Systematic indexing indicates the extent to which the lexis is shared with other Caribbean countries.

About this title

Book Description:

This is the second edition of the authoritative Dictionary of Jamaican English, first published in 1967. This edition includes a greatly extended supplement and offers a systematic indexing of the extent to which the lexis is shared with other Caribbean countries: Surinam, Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados, Nicaragua and Belize.

About the Author:

Frederic G. Cassidy was Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1967
• ISBN 10: 0521045886
• ISBN 13: 9780521045889
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 562