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PublisherUniversity of T.H.E. West Indies Press

ISBN-109766409234

ISBN-139789766409234

eBay Product ID (ePID)13058623752

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Number of Pages350 Pages

Publication NameContact Languages and Music

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

SubjectCreole Languages, Ethnomusicology, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Linguistics / General

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaMusic, Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorNickesha Dawkins

FormatUk- a Format Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight18.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width5 in

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Dewey Decimal781.629

Table Of Content1. Introduction \ 1 Part 1 Language, Musicand Identity 2. Discoursing the State of a Caribbean Nation \ 17 3. "Dennery Segment ka mennen": Exploring the Dominance of Creole Languages inSt Lucian Popular Music \ 37 4. Singing in Creole or Portuguese?: Santomean Musical Manifestations \ 64 5. Wi Ful a Patan: A Quantitative Approach to Language Use in Jamaican PopularMusic \ 89 6. Styling through Rhyming: Gender and Vowel Variation in Jamaican DancehallLyrics \ 103 7. Language Use in Peter Ram's Soca Performances \ 138 8. Singing the King's Creole: The (Ethno)Linguistic Repertoire of CliftonChenier \ 159 Part 2 Translocal Perspectives 9. Rap Kriolu Revisited: From the Transnational Diaspora to Cape Verde and Back\ 193 10. Authentic Crossing?: Jamaican Creole in African Dancehall \ 231 11. Jamaican in Transatlantic Contact Spaces: Linguistic Practices in AfricanReggae, Dancehall and Other Popular Musics \ 258 12. Jamaric Reggae: Jamaican Speech Forms in Contemporary Ethiopian ReggaeMusic \ 284 13. Caribbean Identity in Pop Music: Rihanna's and Nicki Minaj's Multivocal PopPersonas \ 313 List of Contributors \ 337 Index \ 339

SynopsisLanguage and music are connected in many ways. As social and cultural practices, they have been intertwined in multiple ways. Musical and linguistic practices are often intertwined to express distinct and complex identities, attitudes, ideologies, social roles and political views. Spaces characterized by migration, contact, multilingualism, and colonial inequalities, are particularly interesting for the study of the intersections between language and music. This volume is the first book-length account of contact languages and music. It offers a stimulating collection of contributions on different territories, multiple musical genres and topics, and various methodological approaches. The chapters address myriad topics such as nationality, ethnicity, identity, gender, migration and diaspora., Language and music are connected in manyways. As social and cultural practices, they have been intertwined inmultiple ways. Musical and linguistic practices are often intertwined toexpress distinct and complex identities, attitudes, ideologies, social rolesand political views. Spaces characterized by migration, contact,multilingualism, and colonial inequalities, are particularly interestingfor the study of the intersections between language and music. This volume is the first book-lengthaccount of contact languages and music. It offers a stimulating collectionof contributions on different territories, multiple musical genres andtopics, and various methodological approaches. The chapters address myriadtopics such as nationality, ethnicity, identity, gender, migration anddiaspora.