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5. Variety # 2: Guide on arrival at Jamaica<br />

5a. Sample of dialect<br />

"No fear, massa, if you and toder leetle man--of--war buccra, only keep dem seat<br />

when we rise on de crest of de swell dere." […]<br />

"Now sit still, massa, bote." […]<br />

"Now jomp, massa, jomp." (p. 48)<br />

5b.1 Orthography<br />

Respelling massa; leetle; dem; dere; bote; jomp<br />

Elision toder (the other?)<br />

5b.2 Grammar<br />

None noted<br />

5b.3 Vocabulary<br />

buccra?<br />

5. Variety #3: Sailor John Crow, referred to as ‗the black‘ (p. 83)<br />

5a. Sample of dialect<br />

<strong>The</strong> monkey was hanging by the tail from the dolphin--striker, admiring what John<br />

Crow called "his own dam ogly face in the water."<br />

"Tail like yours would be good ting for a sailor, jackoo, it would leave his two hands<br />

free aloft--more use, more hornament, too, I'm sure, den de piece of greasy junk dat<br />

hangs from de Captain's taffril.--Now I shall sing to you, how dat Corromantee rascal,<br />

my fader, was sell me on de Gold Coast. (p.83)<br />

5b.1 Orthography<br />

Respelling ting; dat; ogly; fader<br />

H-addition hornament<br />

5b.2 Grammar<br />

Non standard verb form was sell me<br />

5b.3 Vocabulary<br />

jackoo; taffril<br />

5c. Dialect area represented<br />

various non-native forms<br />

5d. Density of dialect representation<br />

Moderately – heavily marked<br />

5e. Location of dialect<br />

Dialect entirely in dialogue<br />

5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers<br />

Peripheral, male, unskilled<br />

5g. Consistency of representation<br />

Consistent; no evidence of code-switching<br />

6. Narrative comments on dialects and varieties<br />

None noted<br />

7. Other points of interest<br />

http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf<br />

Copyright © 2007, <strong>The</strong> University of Sheffield<br />

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