Dread Talk: The Language of the Rastafari

by Velma Pollard

Book Overview

In Dread Talk Velma Pollard describes the language of Rastafari, tracing its development as an expansion of Jamaican Creole while showing how it is distinct both from Creole and Standard English. She... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773520309
• ISBN13: 9780773520301
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.9"