| Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction to Jamaican Language Contributor(s): Chang, Larry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0977339181 ISBN-13: 9780977339181 Publisher: Chuu Wod OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Creole Languages |
| LCCN: 2014938154 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.75 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Jamaican language primer for native speakers and beginners alike. There are six sections: Origins, Grammar, Orthography, Vocabulary, Texts and a 50-page illustrated dictionary, presenting the basilectal register or "broad patois," using a modified Cassidy system for writing Jamaican. Selections include works by Claude McKay, Louise Bennett, Joan Andrea Hutchinson and Carolyn Cooper, alongside excerpts of classics from Laozi, Marcus Aurelius, Shakespeare, and Dickens, translated into Jamaican for the first time. |