Essays about: "Jamaican Creole."

Found 4 essays containing the words Jamaican Creole..

  1. 1. Complex Creoles? : A corpus-based study of the different functions ofthe progressive particles a, de and gwain inJamaican Creole

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Ida Nordin; [2013]
    Keywords : progressive; creole language; grammar; Jamaica; aspect markers; complex; creole grammar; creole progressive;

    Abstract : This study shows how the different ways of expressing the progressive in Jamaican Creole,using the three aspect markers a, de and gwain, differ from each other. It is a corpus study thatshows that these three particles that are used have different other functions and meanings. READ MORE

  3. 2. English Language Teachers’ Perception of their Role and Responsibility in three Secondary Schools in Jamaica

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Andreas Åberg; Jakob Waller; [2012]
    Keywords : literacy; orality; creole; standard Jamaican English; L1; L2; diglossic; bilingualism; identity; language ideology;

    Abstract : This descriptive research paper looks at English teaching in Jamaica, and examines what perceptions upper secondary school teachers have of the teaching mission, the teacher role and the responsibility that comes with the teacher profession. The paper also examines the teachers’ attitudes towards Jamaican Creole and Standard Jamaican English and the relation between these two languages. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Projector Principle as a Means of Portraying the Cultural through the Personal in Olive Senior's Summer Lightning and Other Stories.

    University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Ekaterina Zelenenkaya; [2012]
    Keywords : Olive Senior; Summer Lightning; projector principle; allegory; postcolonialism; postcolonial literature; personal identity; cultural identity; identity; identity construction; postcolonial Jamaica; short stories; Subaltern; creole; historical consciousness; colonial trauma;

    Abstract : The essay represents the projector principle, on which, as the essay’s author believes, the narration of The Summer Lightning and Other Stories by Olive Senior is based. The projector principle illustrates the idea that little details and images in the text serve big purposes, for example, reflect the emotional state of the characters or how the characters construct their identity. READ MORE

  5. 4. Learning in a language that isn't one's own : the case of Jamaica A Minor Field Study

    University essay from Institutionen för utbildningsvetenskap

    Author : Tina Andersson; Carolina Eriksson; [2001]
    Keywords : Languages and linguistics; Jamaica; education; language; Pidgin; Creole; Språkvetenskap;

    Abstract : In this study, titled Learning in a language that isn't one's own - the case of Jamaica, our intention is to give a picture of what the language situation in Jamaica is like. English is the official language in Jamaica, but it is coexisting with Jamacian Creole, which is not admitted as a official language, but it is the language of the people. READ MORE