Article outline

• 7.1The four talk shows and their hosts
• 7.2Variability among the talk show hosts’ baseline styles
  • 7.2.1Variable Set A – talk shows: Consonants
  • 7.2.2Variable Set B – talk shows: Diphthongs
  • 7.2.3Variable Set C – talk shows: Monophthongs
  • 7.2.4Additional accent features – talk shows
  • 7.2.5Morpho-syntactic and lexical variation in the baseline styles
• 7.3Stylistic variation
  • 7.3.1Jamaica Speaks with Densil Williams
  • 7.3.2Hotline with Orville Taylor
  • 7.3.3Hotline with Barbara Gloudon
  • 7.3.4Straight Up with Jerry Small
• 7.4Summary of language use in Jamaican radio talk shows
• Notes