Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances
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Author_Anika Gerfer
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globalisation
Jamaican Creole
language attitudes
language variation
performance studies
sociolinguistics of globalisation
sociolinguistics of performance
World Englishes
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- ISBN 9781399535212
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2025
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the study of cultural and linguistic appropriation. It explores the use of Jamaican Creole phonetic and morphosyntactic features by Jamaican and non-Jamaican reggae and dancehall artists as well as Jamaicans' evaluations of this linguistic behaviour.
While positive attitudes prevail, some Jamaicans take a rather negative stance and perceive the use of Jamiacan Creole as inauthentic, misrepresentative and stereotyping. The findings of Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances emphasise the importance of bringing together quantitative data on underlying patterns of language use and qualitative interview data on language perceptions and attitudes. Gerfer demonstrates that in a world of ongoing globalisation, World Englishes may become imitation-worthy codes which artists all across the globe use more or less proficiently and convincingly in their music performances.
Anika Gerfer is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the English Department at the University of Münster
