The variability of literary dialect in Jamaican creole: Thelwell's The Harder They Come

Schneider, Edgar W.; Wagner, Christian

doi:10.1075/jpcl.21.1.02sch

Article published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 21:1 (2006) ► pp.45–96

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The variability of literary dialect in Jamaican creole

Thelwell's The Harder They Come

Edgar W. Schneider | University of Regensburg

Christian Wagner | University of Regensburg

Published online: 5 May 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.21.1.02sch

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