RT Generic
T1 Aspects of Jamaican patois through the lyrics of dancehall music
A1 Campanella Alonso, Florencia
K1 Patois
K1 Inglés xamaicano
K1 Dancehall
K1 Linguas crioulas inglesas
K1 Letras de cancións xamaicanas
K1 Xamaica
AB The aim of this study is to provide an introductory approach to Jamaican patois and its main characteristics. According to the “Cambridge Dictionary”, ‘patois’ refers to “the form of a language spoken by people in a particular area that is different from the standard language of the country”. While Jamaican patois is spoken by the majority of the population in Jamaica, Jamaican English (JamE) is mostly used by institutions (cf. Michaelis, Maurer, Haspelmath & Huber 2013). As a point of departure, my project will consist of a theoretical part in which I will offer general information about the social and historical features that characterise Jamaican patois as well as Jamaican English. To this end, I will use a number of bibliographical references (cf. Bertens 2003; Deuber 2014, among others). The second part of the study will be of a more practical nature, and will pay special attention to the analysis of different songs from what is known as ‘Dancehall music’. This particular music genre includes in its lyrics many  different  examples of Jamaican patois, which can be very helpful if one wants to really understand certain aspects of the culture and the society of Jamaica. Moreover, the lyrics of the songs  selected for the analysis will be compared and contrasted with their standard (British or American) versions
YR 2018
FD 2018-10-26
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23646
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23646
LA eng
NO Traballo Fin de Grao en Lingua e Literatura Inglesas. Curso 2018-2019
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026