Preparing a creole dictionary on historical principles: the case of the Jamaican National Dictionary
Compiling a dictionary on historical principles for any language is quite an ambitious task, but preparing one for a creole language presents several additional challenges. This paper looks at several problems faced by the fledgling Jamaican Lexicography Project (Jamlex) in the preparation of the &l...
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2010
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