Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture
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Part of Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language
- Author: Marcyliena Morgan, University of California, Los Angeles
- Date Published: July 2002
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521001496
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African American language is central to the teaching of linguistics and language in the United States, and this book, in the series Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, is aimed specifically at upper level undergraduates and graduates. It covers the entire field - grammar, speech, and verbal genres, and it also discusses the various historical strands that need to be identified in order to understand the development of African American English. The first section deals with the social and cultural history of the American South, the second with urban and northern black popular culture, and the third with policy issues. Morgan examines the language within the context of the changing and complex African American and general American speech communities, and their culture, politics, art and institutions. She also covers the current heated political and educational debates about the status of the African American dialect.
Read more- Unique in the subject it addresses, and designed for both student and professional
- Covers a wide field, drawing on a mass of fascinating cases
- Young but established and much admired author
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- Date Published: July 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521001496
- length: 200 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 12 mm
- weight: 0.31kg
- contains: 3 b/w illus. 4 maps 8 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of maps, figures and tables
Acknowledgments
Notes on the transcriptions
Introduction
1. The African American speech community: culture, language ideology and social face
2. Forms of speech: verbal styles, discourse and interaction
3. Language norms and practices
4. When women speak: how and why we enter
5. Urban youth language: black by popular demand
6. Language, discourse and power: outing schools
Notes
References
Index.
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