Sociocultural and historical contexts of African American English

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Lanehart, Sonja L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001.
Series:Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 27.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.