Spoken Soul : The Story of Black English.

In Praise of Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English "Spoken Soul brilliantly fills a huge gap. . . . a delightfully readable introduction to the elegant interweave between the language and its culture." -Ralph W. Fasold, Georgetown university "A lively, well-documented history of...

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Author / Creator: Rickford, John Russell.
Other Authors / Creators:Rickford, Russell John.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Hoboken : Wiley, 2000.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • What's Going On?
  • "This Passion, this Skill, this Incredible Music"
  • Writers
  • Preachers and Pray-ers
  • Comedians and Actors
  • Singers, Toasters, and Rappers
  • The Living Language
  • Vocabulary and Pronunciation
  • Grammar
  • History
  • The Ebonics Firestorm
  • Education
  • The Media
  • Ebonics "Humor"
  • The Double Self.
  • The Crucible of Identity
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Permissions