Event overview
Goldsmiths Linguistics Seminars presents: Appropriations of Jamaican Patwa lexemes in the speech of Indian and British reggae artists
We are pleased to invite you to our November Goldsmiths Linguistics guest lecture:
Dr Jaspal Naveel Singh, The Open University
Reggae music, when it is played, performed and celebrated globally, brings Jamaican styles of speaking and singing into contact with local languages and dialects. In such linguistic contact zones, reggae musicians and audiences appropriate Jamaican language features (e.g. elements of its phonology, lexis, morphosyntax, orthography) to create unique translingual practices and to renegotiate global language ideologies connected to histories of colonialism, race, class and gender. In this talk Jaspal will present an analysis of appropriations of Jamaican Patwa words (lexemes) among Indian and British reggae artists as they engage in musical and DJ performances, and when they speak on their social media video posts.
Everyone welcome! Please let us know you are attending via Eventbrite, see link below.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Nov 2023 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
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