Jamaican Creole

Jamaican Creole - Jesse Royal

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Noisey Jamaica interviews Jesse Royal, living in Kingston. It's interesting to listen to his Jamaican Creole productions as well as the host (Walshy), as he codeswitches rarely, very aware of his video audience who are assumed to speak "standard" English.

Posted by Genevieve Medow-Jenkins on November 4, 2014

Tags:
Jamaican Creole;
Agency;
Indexicality

My White Jamaican Dad

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This is a clip of a daughter interviewing her native Jamaican father - his production shows multiple aspects of the modern Jamaican accent. I chose this video to exhibit not only his speech production, but to highlight the rich cultural history of the Caribbean; Because Irish servants worked alongslide slaves from West Africa in the New World, there are many Caucasian natives to this area.

Posted by Isobel Reed on November 4, 2014

Tags:
Jamaican Creole;
whiteness;
Crossing

SEEED - Dickes B (Code Switching and Jamaican Creole English)

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A reggae/dancehall song from German band SEEED, with code switching from German to English and a verse in Jamaican Creole. Submitted for Contact Languages music assignment.

Posted by Helen Seay on October 1, 2014

Tags:
English;
Jamaican Creole;
German;
Code-switching;
Multilingualism