A good command of the English language: Phonological variation in the Jamaican acrolect

Irvine, G. Alison

doi:10.1075/jpcl.19.1.03irv

Article published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 19:1 (2004) ► pp.41–76

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A good command of the English language

Phonological variation in the Jamaican acrolect

G. Alison Irvine

Published online: 19 May 2004

https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.19.1.03irv

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