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Download full textEdwards, Viv – 1987
Current patterns of Patois (introduced by West Indian Creoles) as used by young Jamaicans in England is presented. Forty-five British-born individuals, aged 16 to 23, whose parents were Jamaican immigrants, participated in a study structured to elicit a wide range of speech patterns. Subjects differed greatly in educational background and in…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Creoles, Cultural Context, Diachronic Linguistics
