The socio-pragmatics of homophobia in Jamaican (Dancehall) culture: Faiya-bon

Farquharson, Joseph T.

doi:10.1075/veaw.g34.07far

In:Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles
Edited by Susanne Mühleisen and Bettina Migge
[Varieties of English Around the World G34] 2005
► pp. 101–118

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Faiya-bon

The socio-pragmatics of homophobia in Jamaican (Dancehall) culture

Joseph T. Farquharson | University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Published online: 28 September 2005

https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g34.07far

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