Sociocultural and historical contexts of African American English [electronic resource] / edited by Sonja L. Lanehart.
Contributor(s): Lanehart, Sonja L | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Varieties of English around the worldGeneral series: v. 27.Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001Description: xvii, 371 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): African Americans -- Languages | English language -- Social aspects -- United States | English language -- Variation -- United States | Black English | AmericanismsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 427/.973/08996073 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
State of the art in African American English research : multi-disciplinary perspectives and directions / Sonja L. Lanehart -- What is African American English? / Salikoko S. Mufwene -- The relationship between African American vernacular English and white vernaculars in the American South : a sociocultural history and some phonological evidence / Guy Bailey -- Co-existing grammars : the relationship between the evolution of African American and southern white vernacular English in the South / Patricia Cukor-Avila.
The voice of the ancestors : new evidence on 19th-century precursors to 20th-century African American English / David Sutcliffe -- Something to Shout about : African American vernacular English as a linguistic and cultural treasure / Mary B. Zeigler -- "Nuthin' but a G thang" : grammar and language ideology in Hip Hop identity / Marcyliena Morgan -- African American women : talking that talk / Denise Troutman -- Directness in the use of African American English / Arthur K. Spears.
The role of family, community, and school in children's acquisition and maintenance of African American English / Toya A. Wyatt -- Pay Leon, pay Leon, pay Leon, paleontologist : using call-and-response to facilitate language mastery and literacy acquisition among African American students / Michele Foster -- Applying our knowledge of African American English to the problem of raising reading levels in inner-city schools / William Labov -- Applying linguistic knowledge of African American English to help students learn and teachers teach / John Baugh.
Reconsidering the sociolinguistic agenda for African American English : the next generation of research and application / Walt Wolfram.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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