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    1. "Figurative Language in Jamaica Creole."

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Pollard,Velma (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1983
    Published:
    Kingston, Jamaica: West Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Carib
    Journal Title Details:
    3 : 24-36

    2. Consonant System of Early Jamaican Creole

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Lalla,Barbara (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1983
    Published:
    Kingston, Jamaica: West Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Carib
    Journal Title Details:
    3 : 37-51

    3. Consonant System of Early Jamaican Creole

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Lalla,Barbara (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1979
    Published:
    Kingston, Jamaica: West Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Carib
    Journal Title Details:
    1 : 50-64

    5. Teaching Literacy to Creole-Speakers: Problems and Possibilities

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Thompson,Mertel (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    April-September, 1984
    Published:
    Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Caribbean Journal of Education
    Journal Title Details:
    11(2) : 158-83
    Notes:
    Literacy education in Jamaica lacks an officially accepted policy and methodology for teaching Creole speakers. This has led to a low literacy level across the population

    6. What Do Jamaicans Mean by "Ole Negar?"

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Winkler,Anthony C. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2009-07
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
    Journal Title Details:
    29 : 118-127
    Notes:
    This article discusses the concept of ole negar, which is considered as a racial stereotype in the culture of Jamaica that is incomprehensible to foreigners and even to the people of the country. It explores how the term "ole negar" is being used by the Jamaicans. It cites the possibility of the term to be used in referring to the poorest class of black people in the country.