Joseph T Farquharson
Biographic Data
| ID | 734387 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph T Farquharson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph T |
| FAMILY NAME | Farquharson |
| SIGNATURE | FARQUHARSON J T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Social Life of Jamaican English as a Postcolonial English
Jamaican English, the official language of Jamaica, has existed beside the Jamaican language (an English‐related Creole) for well over three centuries. For most of its life, Jamaican English has enjoyed more prestige in more domains of use than its Creole relative. However, since the 20th century, Jamaican has been gaining in prestige and is now sharing more spaces with English. English continues to serve in most formal/official functions at home…
Linguistic ideologies and the historical development of language use patterns in Jamaican music
Variation in the Caribbean
The study of linguistic variation in the Caribbean has been central to the emergence of Pidgin and Creole Linguistics as an academic field. It has yielded influential theory, such as the (post-)creole continuum or the 'Acts of Identity' models, that has shaped sociolinguistics far beyond creole settings. This volume collects current work in the field and focuses on methodological and theoretical innovations that continue, expand, and update the d…
Two valuable contributions to creolistics
Two valuable contributions to creolistics
Variation in the Caribbean
The study of linguistic variation in the Caribbean has been central to the emergence of Pidgin and Creole Linguistics as an academic field. It has yielded influential theory, such as the (post-)creole continuum or the 'Acts of Identity' models, that has shaped sociolinguistics far beyond creole settings. This volume collects current work in the field and focuses on methodological and theoretical innovations that continue, expand, and update the d…
Linguistic ideologies and the historical development of language use patterns in Jamaican music
The Social Life of Jamaican English as a Postcolonial English
Jamaican English, the official language of Jamaica, has existed beside the Jamaican language (an English‐related Creole) for well over three centuries. For most of its life, Jamaican English has enjoyed more prestige in more domains of use than its Creole relative. However, since the 20th century, Jamaican has been gaining in prestige and is now sharing more spaces with English. English continues to serve in most formal/official functions at home…
Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Astronomy (1 works) · Caribbean area (1 works) · Creole dialects, english (1 works) · Creole language (1 works)