A Dictionary of Jamaican English

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The method and plan of this dictionary of Jamaican English are basically the same as those of the "Oxford English Dictionary", but oral sources have been extensively tapped in addition to detailed coverage of literature published in or about Jamaica since 1655.

Title A Dictionary of Jamaican English.
Publisher Kingston : University of the West Indies
Creation Date [2001
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Transcribed from: Kingston, University of the West Indies, 2002 A Dictionary of Jamaican English.
English
Extent 1 online resource
Language English
Copyright Date ©2001
National Library system number 997010714450605171
MARC RECORDS
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