[PDF] Jamaica Talk eBook

Author : Velma Pollard
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 2000-05-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 077356828X

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Dread Talk examines the effects of Rastafarian language on Creole in other parts of the Carribean, its influence in Jamaican poetry, and its effects on standard Jamaican English. This revised edition includes a new introduction that outlines the changes that have occurred since the book first appeared and a new chapter, "Dread Talk in the Diaspora," that discusses Rastafarian as used in the urban centers of North America and Europe. Pollard provides a wealth of examples of Rastafarian language-use and definitions, explaining how the evolution of these forms derives from the philosophical position of the Rasta speakers: "The socio-political image which the Rastaman has had of himself in a society where lightness of skin, economic status, and social privileges have traditionally gone together must be included in any consideration of Rastafarian words " for the man making the words is a man looking up from under, a man pressed down economically and socially by the establishment."

Author : Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 10,88 MB
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1452964769

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Recovering Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) relationality and belonging in the land, memory, and body of Native Hawai’i Hawaiian “aloha ʻāina” is often described in Western political terms—nationalism, nationhood, even patriotism. In Remembering Our Intimacies, Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio centers in on the personal and embodied articulations of aloha ʻāina to detangle it from the effects of colonialism and occupation. Working at the intersections of Hawaiian knowledge, Indigenous queer theory, and Indigenous feminisms, Remembering Our Intimacies seeks to recuperate Native Hawaiian concepts and ethics around relationality, desire, and belonging firmly grounded in the land, memory, and the body of Native Hawai’i. Remembering Our Intimacies argues for the methodology of (re)membering Indigenous forms of intimacies. It does so through the metaphor of a ‘upena—a net of intimacies that incorporates the variety of relationships that exist for Kānaka Maoli. It uses a close reading of the moʻolelo (history and literature) of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele to provide context and interpretation of Hawaiian intimacy and desire by describing its significance in Kānaka Maoli epistemology and why this matters profoundly for Hawaiian (and other Indigenous) futures. Offering a new approach to understanding one of Native Hawaiians’ most significant values, Remembering Our Intimacies reveals the relationships between the policing of Indigenous bodies, intimacies, and desires; the disembodiment of Indigenous modes of governance; and the ongoing and ensuing displacement of Indigenous people.

Author : Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,21 MB
Release : 2024-08-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1529077052

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‘Fresh, risky, improvisational and hard-to-categorize writing’ - Chicago Tribune Talk Stories is a collection of Jamaica Kincaid’s original writing for the New Yorker’s ‘Talk of the Town’ column from 1974 to 1983. In these early pieces Kincaid discovers New York’s many hidden secrets as she learns the worlds of publishing and partying, of fashion and popular music, and how to call a cauliflower a crudité.

Author : Diana Paton
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1478013095

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From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. Yet many of its most important historical, cultural, and political events and aspects are largely unknown beyond the island. The Jamaica Reader presents a panoramic history of the country, from its precontact indigenous origins to the present. Combining more than one hundred classic and lesser-known texts that include journalism, lyrics, memoir, and poetry, the Reader showcases myriad voices from over the centuries: the earliest published black writer in the English-speaking world; contemporary dancehall artists; Marcus Garvey; and anonymous migrant workers. It illuminates the complexities of Jamaica's past, addressing topics such as resistance to slavery, the modern tourist industry, the realities of urban life, and the struggle to find a national identity following independence in 1962. Throughout, it sketches how its residents and visitors have experienced and shaped its place in the world. Providing an unparalleled look at Jamaica's history, culture, and politics, this volume is an ideal companion for anyone interested in learning about this magnetic and dynamic nation.

Author : I'Heshia Handy
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 33,98 MB
Release : 2019-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789768245823

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Speak Jamaican is a comprehensive instructional tool that outlines the grammar of Jamaican Creole. The course is designed to facilitate fluency in speech. It delineates the pronunciation and grammar of the Jamaican Creole language, and it includes lessons outlining the formation of tenses, irregularverbs, adjectives, adverbs, questions, commands, pluralization, the passive voice, making a sentence negative, showing ownership, structures unique to Jamaican Creole, and additional tenets. Each lesson consists of practice exercises and a vocabulary list to familiarize the reader with Jamaican Creole grammar. If the reader is looking to do more than just 'parrot' Jamaican words and phrases, this work is a vital instrument to achieving that goal.

Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 30,65 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN :

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First published in 1961, Jamaica Talk is a thorough study of the English spoken in Jamaica and, although intended for the general educated reader rather than the linguistic specialist, has a foundation of sound scholarship.

Author : Cuffe
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 13,80 MB
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Education
ISBN :

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It's been said that Jamaica is the heartbeat of the world. How can such a tiny island in the Caribbean give the world some of the best music, the best food, amazing beaches and some of the fastest athletes humanity has ever seen? Not to mention our accent and the way we talk, that everyone loves, but few understand. In this book lies the key to learning the language of Jamaica in easy to understand stories and instruction for the average lay person. Here's the best part, if you're fluent in the English language, you're more than halfway there. The experienced author brings a different spin on learning Jamaican Patois that gets you understanding the language extremely fast without the need for memorization and repetitious drills. Inside you'll find all the tools to have you speaking Jamaican Patois in record speed. Unlock the entire experience that is the Jamaican Culture.

Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher :
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 12,58 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789766401276

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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.

Author : Joan Williams
Publisher : Yard Publications
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 36,42 MB
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :

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Despite the small size of the island of Jamaica, (only 4, 411 square miles or 11,424 square kilometres) its influence on the world stage is enormous. This because of the outstanding people and unique ideas that we have given the world. Some of the remarkable persons that this little island has shared with the world are: Bob Marley, the world’s greatest reggae artist, Usain Bolt, the fastest man on the planet and Marcus Garvey who is now celebrated among the top fifty most influential philosophers in the world. In addition, the Rastafari culture and our musical genres: Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, Reggae and Dancehall are relished on every continent. This has given rise to a great demand for a working knowledge of our colorful language, patois. While some universities, especially in Canada, have sought to take up the mantle by offering courses in patois, Talk Jamaican is now making it easier for busy people who do not have the time to go to classes, to get a working knowledge of this language for which there is a constantly growing demand. And not only are the pronunciations and explanations easy to understand but also the insertion of cartoons, make your lessons easier to absorb and even adds humor. So sit back, relax, enjoy and learn. Irie.