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Title Language A to Z. Episode 10, J for Jamaican.

Publication Info. The Great Courses, 2020.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023.

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (14 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Note Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Performer John McWhorter
Event Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020.
Summary Delve into the world of Jamaican patois, which developed among African slaves in the 1600s as they quickly adopted English. You'll discover that languages vary not just in how they're put together, but according to diverse factors such as socioeconomics and the audience one is speaking to.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language In English
Subject Anthropology.
Linguistics.
History, Ancient.
Second language acquisition.
History, Modern.
Latin America.
Americans.
Ethnology.
Sociology.
Foreign study.
Genre/Form Educational films.
Added Author Great Courses, The, film director.
McWhorter, John H., actor.
Teaching Company, distributor.
Kanopy (Firm), distributor.
Music No. 13413201 Kanopy
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