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Language in African American communities
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Language in African American communities / Sonja Lanehart.
ISBN
9781138189690
1138189693
9781138189706
1138189707
9781003204756
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
xiii, 245 pages : Illustrations ; 20 cm.
Summary
"Language in African American Communities is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the language, culture, and sociohistorical contexts of African American communities. It will also benefit those with a general interest in language and culture, language and language users, and language and identity. This book includes discussions of traditional and non-traditional topics regarding linguistic explorations of African American communities that include difficult conversations around race and racism"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Lanehart, Sonja L. Language in African American communities Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 20, 2023
Series
Routledge Guides to Linguistics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Talkin and testifyin
A seat at the table: What are you bringing to the table before we even get started?
"Put some respeck on my name!": language and uses of identity in African American communities
"Where your people from?:" problematizing origins and development
What's good? A concise descriptivist meta-grammar of language use in African American communities
Where your people at?: Regional and geographic variation
Where my shawty's at? Social and gendered variation
This is why we can't have nice things: pop culture, social media, and digital media
It's not the shoes, bruh! You Black!: African American language use in AmeriKKKa's educational apparatU.S.
"If you don't know me by now ...".
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