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1
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Why did London Jamaican evolve?

A

Due to immigration communities which came to England and produced new generations here.

2
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Who did research into the London Jamaican variety?

A

Mark Sebba

3
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What did Sebba describe the London Jamaican variation to be between?

A

Caribbean creole forms
Cockney “London English”
Standard English/RP forms

4
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What is London Jamaican a combination of?

A

Lexical, grammatical and phonological elements from all the influencing variations

5
Q

Example of the differences in pronunciation used:

creole 1st, cockney, SE

A

|l| in “well” : |l| , |u| , |l|
|th| in “with” : |d| , |v| , |th|
|ow| in “how” : |oh| , |a| , |ow|
|uh| in “love” : |o| , |uh| , |uh|

6
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Who did Sebba involve in his research?

A

Young, British born teenagers with Jamaican parentage

7
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Who did research into MEYD?

A

Sue Fox

8
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What does MEYD stand for?

A

Multi Ethnic Youth Dialect

9
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Where and when was Fox’s study carried out?

A

Early 21st century

London

10
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What did Fox term the variety of MEYD that she looked at?

A

Multicultural London English (MLE)

11
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Where were the characteristics for MLE drawn from?

A

Several other languages, creoles and cultural sources

12
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Who are the users of the MLE dialect?

A

Adolescent users in greater London, however evidence suggests it is used with youths of other large cities such as Birmingham and Bristol

13
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What communities are the speakers of MLE from?

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Asian, White and Black

however influences have come from West Indian, West African and Bangladeshi

14
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What is the lexis like for MLE?

A

It is only current and used for a short period of time, much like slang

15
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Example of pronunciation feature of MLE:

A

shortened vowel sounds

e.g. face = fehs , go = goh

16
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Examples of MLE lexis:

A

Blud - mate/friend
Grime - type of music
Nang - good

17
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What does the term Jafaican mean?

A

Fake Jamaican - used by white speakers as a way of mimicking the black-origin language

18
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What does Kerswill believe about MLE and Cockney?

A

Cockney will no longer be used in London and will be replaced by MLE by the year 2030

19
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What does the research by Kerswill and Fox suggest about MLE?

A

That it is a genuine and evolved dialect which belongs to both black and white speakers

20
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What is Black British English a term for?

A

Different varieties of creole English spoken in Britain

21
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Who are associated with BBE?

A

Black youth culture

People who have grown up with the influences of British dialect, yet have creole speaking parents

22
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What are some grammatical features of BBE?

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No gender marking for 3rd person singular
only use “i”
Base form of verb “to be” used as an auxiliary
No plural markers (also lack of inflection ‘s’ for 3rd p s verbs)
Multiple negation
Use of 1st p object pronoun in subject position e.g.”me take you there”

23
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What are some phonological features of BBE?

A

Consonant clusters simplified
Voiceless “th” - |f| or |t| used for “think” , |v| or |d| used for “the”
“tion” suffix pronounced as SHARN

24
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How can nouns be marked for gender in BBE and why?

A
Adding man (for man) or meri (for woman) at the end of the word
Because there are no gender marking pronouns
25
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What are some grammatical structure features of BBE?

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Absence of plural forms - rely on context
Absence of tense and person - all verbs are in infinitive form, times indicated by addition of auxiliary “did” or “been”
Few prepositions

26
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What are some lexical patterns in BBE?

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Reduplication of words to extend limited vocabulary and distinguish words which may sound similar to avoid confusion
Reiterated words used to intensify meaning e.g. small, small small (very small)