Pollard, Velma
Dread Talk
- Verlag: Mcgill-Queen'S University Press
- Erscheinungsdatum: 2000-03
- Format: Taschenbuch
- Umfang: 117
- ISBN: 0773520309
- EAN: 9780773520301
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Pollard provides a wealth of examples of Rastafarian language-use and definitions, explaining how the evolution of these forms derives from the philosophical position of the Rasta speakers: 'The socio-political image which the Rastaman has had of himself in a society where lightness of skin, economic status, and social privileges have traditionally gone together must be included in any consideration of Rastafarian words ' for the man making the words is a man looking up from under, a man pressed down economically and socially by the establishment.'
Overstanding the Language of I-manWith Dread Talk, Velma Pollard has done a remarkable job of both describing the language of Rastafarians, highlighting its growth from and influence upon Standard Jamaican English and Jamaican Patois, and explaining the cultural and philosophical rationale behind the language. She also tracks its influence, growth and spread across the Caribbean and around the world. Linguists and others interested in the growth of language (especially when the growth is partially shaped by a sociocultural agenda) should find Dread Talk an interesting read. Especially illuminating are the discussions of the ways new words are formed and the illustrations of these processes from Rasta poetry and reggae music.
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