Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction To Jamaican Language

A Jamaican language primer for native speakers and beginners alike. There are six sections: Origins, Grammar, Orthography, Vocabulary, Texts and a 50-page illustrated dictionary, presenting the basilectal register or "broad patois," using a modified Cassidy system for writing Jamaican. Selections include works by Claude McKay, Louise Bennett, Joan Andrea Hutchinson and Carolyn Cooper, alongside excerpts of classics from Laozi, Marcus Aurelius, Shakespeare, and Dickens, translated into Jamaican for the first time. 9780977339181 0977339181 246 BOOK Language Arts & Disciplines NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=q3-3DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Larry Chang
• | Publisher: Chuu Wod
• | Publication Date: May 28, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0977339181
• | ISBN-13: 9780977339181