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G. Alison Irvine-Sobers investigates the pronunciation of educated Jamaican English and the assumptions behind descriptions of the Jamaican acrolect. The study relates recordings and phonological analysis to speakers' own understandings of English and Jamaican Creole.
Chapters examine consonants and vowels, regional and social variation, and the different ways researchers have defined the acrolect. The book uses these findings to discuss how local norms shape the variety rather than treating it simply as an approximation to an external standard. This complete 2018 monograph includes the methods, data discussion, references and index.