Perspectives on black English / ed. J. Dillard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dillard, J. L. (Joey Lee), 1924-

Series:

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]; 4

Contributions to the sociology of language ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black English.

African Americans--Languages.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2010

Place of Publication:

The Hague : Mouton, [1975]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Perspectives on Black English Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

Contents:

Front matter

General Introduction: Perspectives on Black English / Dillard, J. L.

BLACK ENGLISH DIALECTOLOGY: THEORY, METHOD

Introduction

American Linguistic Geography: A Sociological Appraisal / Pickford, Glenna Ruth

Observations (1966) on the Problems of Defining Negro Dialect / Stewart, William A.

Black American English and Syntactic Dialectology / Loflin, Marvin D.

Dialectology in Generative Grammar / Luelsdorff, Philip A.

Ain't, Not, and Don't in Black English / Fickett, Joan G.

THE HISTORY OF BLACK ENGLISH

The Religious Intelligencer (1821), Excerpts

Das Neger-Englisch an der Westküste von Afrika / Grade, P.

Negro English / Harrison, J. A.

A Word-List from East Alabama / Payne, Jr.

Some Special West African English Words / Christophersen, Paul

A Note on the Words dash and ju-ju in West African English / Christophersen, Paul

Negro Dialect / Wise, C. M.

Sociolinguistic Factors in the History of American Negro Dialects / Stewart, William A.

Continuity and Change in American Negro Dialects / Stewart, William A.

Some Aspects of English in Liberia / Hancock, Ian F.

Appendix: Liberian English of Cape Palmas (with Piayon E. Kobbah)

BLACK ENGLISH AND THE ACCULTURATION PROCESS

Acculturation Among the Gullah Negroes / Bascom, William R.

The Writings of Herskovits and the Study of the Language of the Negro in the New World / Dillard, J. L.

Black Kinesics - Some Non-Verbal Communication Patterns in the Black Culture / Johnson, Kenneth R.

BLACK ENGLISH AND PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

Classroom Correction Tests / Labov, William / Robins, Clarence / Cohen, Paul / Lewis, John

The Learning of Black English by Puerto Ricans in New York City / Silverman, Stuart

A Sociolinguistic Consideration of the Black English of Children in Northern Florida / Houston, Susan H.

White and Negro Listeners' Reactions to Various American-English Dialects / Lambert, Wallace E. / Tucker, G. Richard

References for the Introductions

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110905328

3110905329

OCLC:

843635640