Phonological Variation in Rural Jamaican Schools
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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2012.
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| Colección: | Creole language library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b29209833*spi |
| Sumario: | 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 quan. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. 6.4 Vowel duration contrasts in the teachers' data. |
| Descripción Física: | 307 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9789027274625 |
