On the Phonology and Orthography of Jamaican Creole
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14860219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rocky R Meade (University of the West Indies at Mona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 335-341 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0920-9034 • E-ISSN: 1569-9870 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jpcl.11.2.09roc |
| OpenAlex | W2055424801 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In the following, it will be demonstrated that the orthography devised by Cassidy for Jamaican Creole1 is upheld under a reevaluation in the context of present day generative phonology. In this respect, modifications proposed by Devonish and Seiler (1991) will be argued against. The analysis focuses primarily on the distribution of vowel phonemes in Jamaican Creole in relation to its orthography
Context (archaeology · Creole language · Generative grammar · Linguistics · Orthography · Phonology · Reading (process · Vowel · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2006 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |