Jamaican Creole Syntax

by B.L. Bailey

Book Overview

Originally published in 1966, Beryl Loftman Bailey's book was one of the first on the Jamaican Creole language, its origins and its influence on the teaching of English in Jamaica. A native Jamaican herself, Bailey's personal experience of both learning and later teaching English in the Caribbean was a springboard to her interest in the problems of language interference in contact situations. She challenged a notion prevalent throughout English teachers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521116716
• ISBN13: 9780521116718
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"