Word from the mother : language and African Americans / Geneva Smitherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smitherman, Geneva, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Languages.

African Americans.

English language--Variation--United States.

English language.

Black English.

Americanisms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by the hugely respected linguist, Geneva Smitherman, this book presents a definitive statement on African American English. Enriched by her evocative and inimitable prose style, the study presents an overview of past debates on the speech of African Americans, as well as providing a vision for the future. Featuring cartoons which demonstrate the relationship between language and race, as well as common perceptions of African American Language, she explores its contribution to mainstream American English and includes a summary of expressions as a suggested linguistic core of AAL.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedications; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. African American Language: So Good it's Bad; 2. Words and Expressions, Proverbs and Familiar Sayings; 3. The N-Words; 4. Honeyz and Playaz Talkin That Talk; 5. "I Used to Love H.E.R.": Hip Hop, in its Essence and Real; 6. "All Around the World, Same Song"; 7. "Negro Dialect, The Last Barrierto Integration"?; Notes; References; Discography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-160) and index.

Includes discography.

ISBN:

1-134-24371-5

1-280-51785-9

9786610517855

0-203-00666-6

9780203006665

OCLC:

275359607