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Jamaica and the economics of English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Monica E. Taylor
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Abstract

From the purely economic point of view, is Standard English in this Caribbean nation just so much dead stock on dusty shelves?

Type
Research Article
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English Today , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , October 1996 , pp. 25 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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