Description
Originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1967 and then revised as a second edition in 1980, this classic study has never before been available in a paperback edition. This method and plan of the dictionary are basically 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.
The dictionary is a mine of information about the Caribbean and its dialects, about the history of English and its dialects, and about Creole languages and general linguistic processes.
Entries give the pronunciation, part-of-speech and usage 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: Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados, Nicaragua and Belize.
Author: F. G. Cassidy
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Published: 01/01/2003
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.68lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.04w x 1.18d
ISBN13: 9789766401276
ISBN10: 9766401276
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American
- Foreign Language Study | General
- Reference | Dictionaries
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