Hubert Devonish
Biographic Data
| ID | 3754522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hubert Devonish |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hubert |
| FAMILY NAME | Devonish |
| SIGNATURE | DEVONISH H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
They are not us: The rhythm of reggae and two-syllable language prosody in the construction of Jamaican National Identity
Understanding community concerns in the Goat Islands logistics hub debate as a form of environmental justice
The conflict between environmental justice and economic development is an issue central to the developing world. Using an interview analysis of community residents, this study seeks to identify whether the formally proposed trans-shipment hub sited for the Goat Islands in Jamaica is an environmental injustice. The site, situated in the Portland Bight Protected Area, is one of Jamaica's largest fish sanctuaries and provides hundreds in the communi…
Language, Race and the Global Jamaican
Life Masquerading as Art: The Activist Artist Takes on Development v. Environment
The paper questions the role of the transformative artist within Caribbean popular culture with reference to the costumed “Mas” bands in Trinidad Carnival, using Fanon’s argument on the role of the artist as the theoretical base. Using the documentary “ The Minshall Trilogy: A Modern Fable as Street Theatre ” as its source of visual and contextual data on these bands, the paper examines how the artist, Peter Minshall, takes the traditional folk w…
Freedom and/or development? Scale and intersectionality in an industrial public debate
Industrialization projects have been promoted as one of the main drivers of economic regional integration for the Caribbean region. However, surrounding residents to industrial projects are often concerned about the impact on their community, health and the physical environment. Their opinions often become part of a public discourse involving a range of stakeholders, including the community, state and international actors. Using a politics of sca…
Language Evolution: Pidgins and Creoles
Language evolution is the focus of the field of historical linguistics.
Wine’, Women and Song: The More Things Change
Kom Groun Jamiekan Daans Haal Liricks: Memba SE A Plie Wi A Plie
This article analyses a Jamaican cultural event, "Dance Hall", as a speech event. It then focusses on a particular controversy surrounding the lyrics of a piece of dance hall music performed by Buju Banton. It argues that much of the discussion about the lyrics in Britain and the USA dealt with these lyrics outside the sociolinguistic context of the Jamaican dance hall within which Buju Banton's recorded performance would be understood by many Ja…
Working by the Book or Playing By Ear: Language, Literacy and the Grenada Revolution
On the Diversification in the Function of Deictic Markers: A Study of A, DA And Dem in the Jamaican Creole Noun Phrase
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Deixis in Caribbean English-Lexicon creole
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Understanding community concerns in the Goat Islands logistics hub debate as a form of environmental justice
The conflict between environmental justice and economic development is an issue central to the developing world. Using an interview analysis of community residents, this study seeks to identify whether the formally proposed trans-shipment hub sited for the Goat Islands in Jamaica is an environmental injustice. The site, situated in the Portland Bight Protected Area, is one of Jamaica's largest fish sanctuaries and provides hundreds in the communi…
Wine’, Women and Song: The More Things Change
Kom Groun Jamiekan Daans Haal Liricks: Memba SE A Plie Wi A Plie
This article analyses a Jamaican cultural event, "Dance Hall", as a speech event. It then focusses on a particular controversy surrounding the lyrics of a piece of dance hall music performed by Buju Banton. It argues that much of the discussion about the lyrics in Britain and the USA dealt with these lyrics outside the sociolinguistic context of the Jamaican dance hall within which Buju Banton's recorded performance would be understood by many Ja…
Deixis in Caribbean English-Lexicon creole
On the Diversification in the Function of Deictic Markers: A Study of A, DA And Dem in the Jamaican Creole Noun Phrase
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Working by the Book or Playing By Ear: Language, Literacy and the Grenada Revolution
Kom Groun Jamiekan Daans Haal Liricks: Memba SE A Plie Wi A Plie
This article analyses a Jamaican cultural event, "Dance Hall", as a speech event. It then focusses on a particular controversy surrounding the lyrics of a piece of dance hall music performed by Buju Banton. It argues that much of the discussion about the lyrics in Britain and the USA dealt with these lyrics outside the sociolinguistic context of the Jamaican dance hall within which Buju Banton's recorded performance would be understood by many Ja…
Wine’, Women and Song: The More Things Change
Language Evolution: Pidgins and Creoles
Language evolution is the focus of the field of historical linguistics.
Freedom and/or development? Scale and intersectionality in an industrial public debate
Industrialization projects have been promoted as one of the main drivers of economic regional integration for the Caribbean region. However, surrounding residents to industrial projects are often concerned about the impact on their community, health and the physical environment. Their opinions often become part of a public discourse involving a range of stakeholders, including the community, state and international actors. Using a politics of sca…
Life Masquerading as Art: The Activist Artist Takes on Development v. Environment
The paper questions the role of the transformative artist within Caribbean popular culture with reference to the costumed “Mas” bands in Trinidad Carnival, using Fanon’s argument on the role of the artist as the theoretical base. Using the documentary “ The Minshall Trilogy: A Modern Fable as Street Theatre ” as its source of visual and contextual data on these bands, the paper examines how the artist, Peter Minshall, takes the traditional folk w…
Language, Race and the Global Jamaican
Understanding community concerns in the Goat Islands logistics hub debate as a form of environmental justice
The conflict between environmental justice and economic development is an issue central to the developing world. Using an interview analysis of community residents, this study seeks to identify whether the formally proposed trans-shipment hub sited for the Goat Islands in Jamaica is an environmental injustice. The site, situated in the Portland Bight Protected Area, is one of Jamaica's largest fish sanctuaries and provides hundreds in the communi…
They are not us: The rhythm of reggae and two-syllable language prosody in the construction of Jamaican National Identity
Caribbean history, culture, and politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Art (4 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works)