The psychology of black language / Jim Haskins and Hugh F. Butts, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haskins, James, 1941-2005.

Butts, Hugh F., author.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

College outline series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black English.

African Americans--Psychology.

African Americans.

African Americans--Languages.

Psycholinguistics.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 95 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Barnes & Noble Books, [1973]

Contents:

The Development of Language

The Psychology of Oppression

The Genesis of Black American Dialects

Black English as a True Language Form

The Language of Black Children in Confrontation with Teacher Attitudes

America's Debt to the Language of Black Americans

Black Language for Survival.

Notes:

"Cover design: Donald + Ann Crews."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-89) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has stamps with name and address of Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy paperbound edition has "Don' say no mo' wid yo' mouf dan yo' back kin stan" on upper half of cover.

ISBN:

064601420

OCLC:

629367