Readings in African American language : aspects, features, and perspectives / edited by Nathaniel Norment, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Norment, Nathaniel.

Series:

African-American literature and culture ; v. 4.

African-American literature and culture : Expanding and exploding the bounderies ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Languages.

African Americans.

English language--Variation--United States.

English language.

English language--Variation.

United States.

Language and culture--United States.

Language and culture.

Black English.

Americanisms.

Physical Description:

xv, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2003]

Contents:

Part 1 The Scope of African American Language 1

1. The African Element in Black American English / David Dalby 5

2. A Survey of Afro-American English / John Baugh 25

3. The Historical Development of Ebonics / Ernie A. Smith 49

4. Some Linguistic Features of Negro Dialect / Ralph W. Fasold, Walter A. Wolfram 59

Part 2 Aspects of African American Language 93

5. Aspects of Intonation in Black English / Elaine E. Tarone 97

6. The Rise of Be as an Aspect Marker in Black English Vernacular / John Myhill 107

7. The Black English {-Z}: Some Theoretical Implications / Ronald R. Butters 133

8. Tense and the Form Be in Black English / Ralph W. Fasold 145

9. Auxiliary Structures and the Time Adverbs in Black American English / Marvin D. Loflin, J. L. Dillard, Nicholas R. Sobin 165

10. The Black English Semi-Auxiliary Come / Arthur K. Spears 173

11. The Origin of the Verbal -s in Black English / Edgar W. Schneider 203

12. Study of Verb Classes in African American English / Lisa J. Green 221

13. The Sentence in African-American Vernacular English / Stefan Martin, Walter A. Wolfram 241

Part 3 African American Pedagogy and Writing 271

14. Discourse Features of African American Students' Writing / Nathaniel Norment, Jr. 275

15. Cultural Preference and the Expository Writing of African-American Adolescents / Arnetha F. Ball 293

16. Teaching about Black English: An Annotated Syllabus / Kikanza Nuri Webber 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0820457973

OCLC:

49226057