Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances
Language Use, Perceptions, Attitudes
Series: New Directions in World Englishes Research;
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Product details:
- Publisher Edinburgh University Press
- Date of Publication 28 February 2025
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9781399535212
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 30 black and white illustrations18 tables 700
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Short description:
Offers a comprehensive investigation of Jamaicans? perceptions of the use of Jamaican Creole in global reggae and dancehall music.
MoreLong description:
This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the study of cultural and linguistic appropriation. It explores the use of Jamaican Creole phonetic and morphosyntactic features by Jamaican and non-Jamaican reggae and dancehall artists as well as Jamaicans’ evaluations of this linguistic behaviour.
While positive attitudes prevail, some Jamaicans take a rather negative stance and perceive the use of Jamiacan Creole as inauthentic, misrepresentative and stereotyping. The findings of Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances emphasise the importance of bringing together quantitative data on underlying patterns of language use and qualitative interview data on language perceptions and attitudes. Gerfer demonstrates that in a world of ongoing globalisation, World Englishes may become imitation-worthy codes which artists all across the globe use – more or less – proficiently and convincingly in their music performances.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction to Cultural Appropriation in Reggae and Dancehall Performances
2. Jamaican Creole in Jamaica
3. The History of Language Use in Jamaican Music
4. Cultural and LInguistic Appropriation
5. Study I: The Use of Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances
6. Study II: Jamaicans’ Perceptions of and Attitudes Towards Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances
7. Discussion
8. Conclusion
References
Auditory stimuli
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