Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture
Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture
Marcyliena Morgan, University of California, Los Angeles
August 2002
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9780521806718
African American language is central to the teaching of linguistics and language in the United States, and this book covers the entire field--grammar, speech, and verbal genres. It also reveals the various historical strands that must be identified in order to understand the development of African American English. These are the social and cultural history of the American South, the urban and northern black popular culture, as well as policy issues. The current heated political and educational debates about the status of the African American dialect are also addressed.
- 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
Product details
August 2002Hardback
9780521806718
200 pages
229 × 152 × 16 mm
0.47kg
3 b/w illus. 4 maps 8 tables
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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.
