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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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. |
Online Access: | Click to View |
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