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Pan African language systems : Ebonics & African oral heritage / Katherine J. Harris.
LIBRA PE3102.N4 H377 2003
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Van Pelt Library PE3102.N4 H377 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Katherine, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black English.
- African Americans--Language.
- African Americans.
- English language--Dialects--United States.
- English language.
- English language--Dialects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 144 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Karnak House, [2003]
- Summary:
- Translated literally as "back sounds," Ebonics and its distinct pastiche of accents, stangs, and vernaculars involves a relatively new and linguistically challenging field of study. Studying comparative linguistic structures and cultural history, this book continues the linguistic debate by presenting cultural parallels and geographic connections. Drawing upon modern African American culture and rap music, it examines Ebonics in terms of its unique use of rhyme, repetition, gesture, alliteration, and encoded parable and attempts to answer questions regarding linguistic distinction and form.
- Contents:
- Ebonics : the controversy
- African languages : terms, Creole, names, grammar & vocabulary
- Rap, hip hop, games, other Africanisms & Ebonics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-140) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Harris, Katherine, 1952- Pan African language systems.
- ISBN:
- 187259607X
- 9781872596075
- OCLC:
- 55627365
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