Linguistic ideologies and the historical development of language use patterns in Jamaican music

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• 作者：Joseph T. Farquharson^a ; ^b ; ^{jtfarquharson@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Jamaica ; Historical description ; Genre ; Creole
• 刊名：Language & Communication
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：52
• 期：Complete
• 页码：7-18
• 全文大小：274 K
• 卷排序：52

文摘

Development of folk music and folk language were interconnected in Jamaica. Reggae's linguistic subversion is a soft revolution given its use of English. Jamaican Creole indexes national identity in dancehall music. Music is a space for scripting and performing national identity in Jamaica. Language practice, language ideologies, and music are interconnected in Jamaica.