nam a22 c 4500 cll.42/884009260 nljbp 250625034412.2 cr ||||||||||| 131216s2012 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2012001837 9789027274625 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp PE1068.J23 427/.97292 23 CFH bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh Lacoste, Veronique author Phonological Variation in Rural Jamaican Schools Véronique Lacoste Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 ©2012 1 online resource (xiv, 293 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Creole Language Library 0920-9026 42 Includes bibliographical references and index. Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Variation in child phonology -- Chapter 3. Language and education in Jamaica -- Chapter 4. Researching the school communities -- Chapter 5. Word-final (-t, -d) consonant clusters -- Chapter 6. Word-final vowel duration -- Chapter 7. Learning phono-stylistic variation 
in the classroom -- Chapter 8. Conclusion and pedagogical implications -- Appendices This book investigates variation in the classroom speech of 7-year-old children who are learning Standard Jamaican English as a second language variety in rural Jamaica. For sociolinguists and second language/dialect researchers interested in the acquisition and use of sociolinguistic variables, an important challenge is how to efficiently account for language learning mechanisms and use. To date, this book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary look into phonological and phonetic variation observed in primary school in Jamaica, that is from the perspective of classic variationist and quantitative sociolinguistics and a usage-based model. Both frameworks function as explanatory for the children’s learning of phono-stylistic variation, which they encounter in their immediate linguistic environment, i.e. most often through their teachers’ speech. This book is intended for sociolinguists interested in child language variation, linguists working on formal aspects of the languages of the Caribbean, applied linguists concerned with the teaching and learning of second language phonology, and any researchers interested in applying variationist and quantitative methods to classroom second language learning. Provided by publisher. Creole studies English linguistics Language acquisition Multilingualism Phonology Sociolinguistics and Dialectology Lacoste, Véronique author Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 9789027252654 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/cll.42 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027274625