Parliamentary rule that only English is allowed has reignited debate about language, legitimacy and postcolonial identity ...

What's worse than a bad movie? If you ask linguist Joseph Farquharson, he might say a movie that makes a caricature of the distinct patois of Jamaican accents. When asked to be an advisor on the new ...

What is Jamaica’s true “official language”? Does it have two? Should it acquire a “second language” and if so, what should it be? These questions have had Jamaican commentators tied up in knots for ...

Recent discussions about the exchange between St James Southern Member of Parliament Nekeisha Burchell and Speaker Juliet ...