Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Jamaican Creole English (jam) Alternative Names  Patwa, Patois, Bongo Talk, Quashie Talk, Southwestern Caribbean Creole English Family/Group  Creole, English-based Area  North America General Data  • spoken in Jamaica • most speakers have some competence in Standard English • linguistic influences from Akan and Bantu (Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo) Typological Information  • vast majority of words in the JM lexicon are either monosyllabic or bisyllabic (Kouwenberg, LaCharité & Gooden 2003:106) Reduplication Form-Function  • full: pluralization, intensification, diminution, word class derivation, lexical enrichment • partial: word class derivation Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Forms  Select Valueσ σσ CV word   Functions  Select Valuediminution intensification lexical enrichment other pluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valueintensity other plurality similarity   Word Classes  Select Valueadjective/adverb — adjective/adverb adjective/adverb — noun noun — adjective/adverb noun — noun verb — noun verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Kouwenberg, Silvia, LaCharité Darlene, Shelome Gooden 2003. "An Overview of Jamaican Creole Reduplication". In: Kouwenberg, Silvia, eds., Twice as Meaningful: Reduplication in Pidgins, Creoles and Other Contact Languages, London: Battlebridge Publications     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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