Language and Jamaican Literature

Disrespected literatures are written in disrespected languages. Languages are usually disrespected when the status of the people who speak them is low. In postplantation societies the respected language is the European language brought by the people who colonised the country. The disrespected langua...

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Main Author: Velma Pollard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2019-11-01
Series:Altre Modernità
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/12462