{"product_id":"dread-talk-the-language-of-rastafari-9789768125682","title":"Dread Talk: The Language of Rastafari","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Velma Pollard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of the West Indies Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of the West Indies Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePollard analyses the speech code of the Rastafari of Jamaica, a group that adjusted the languages of the Jamaican people to suit their religious, philosophical, social and economic concerns as people speaking from \"under\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes descriptions of Dread Talk, the speech of the Rastafari, as an example of lexical expansion in a creole language, and the influence of the lexicon on Jamaican English. It also discusses the adjustment of the language to other creoles, both English and French-related, in the Eastern Caribbean. New to this revised edition is a chapter on \"Dread Talk in the Diaspora\" that discusses the language as used in the urban centres of North America and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614455349399,"sku":"9789768125682","price":2579.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789768125682.webp?v=1775093846","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dread-talk-the-language-of-rastafari-9789768125682","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}