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Author : Jennifer G. Nguyen
Release : 2006
Genre : African Americans
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Changing Social and Linguistic Orientation of the African American Middle Class by : Jennifer G. Nguyen
Download or read book The Changing Social and Linguistic Orientation of the African American Middle Class written by Jennifer G. Nguyen. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tracey L. Weldon
Release : 2021-02-04
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 200/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Middle-Class African American English by : Tracey L. Weldon
Download or read book Middle-Class African American English written by Tracey L. Weldon. This book was released on 2021-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American English (AAE) is a major area of research in linguistics, but until now, work has primarily been focused on AAE as it is spoken amongst the working classes. From its historical development to its contemporary context, this is the first full-length overview of the use and evaluation of AAE by middle class speakers, giving voice to this relatively neglected segment of the African American speech community. Weldon offers a unique first-person account of middle class AAE, and highlights distinguishing elements such as codeswitching, camouflaged feature usage, Standard AAE, and talking/sounding 'Black' vs. 'Proper'. Readers can hear authentic excerpts and audio prompts of the language described through a wide range of audio files, which can be accessed directly from the book's page using QR technology or through the book's online Resource Tab. Engaging and accessible, it will help students and researchers gain a broader understanding of both the African American speech community and the AAE continuum.
Author : Sonja L. Lanehart
Release : 2015
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 398/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of African American Language by : Sonja L. Lanehart
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of African American Language written by Sonja L. Lanehart. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a set of diverse analyses of traditional and contemporary work on language structure and use in African American communities.
Author : Marcyliena Morgan
Release : 2002-07-04
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 496/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture by : Marcyliena Morgan
Download or read book Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture written by Marcyliena Morgan. This book was released on 2002-07-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Mary Pattillo
Release : 2013-07-02
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 22X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Black Picket Fences by : Mary Pattillo
Download or read book Black Picket Fences written by Mary Pattillo. This book was released on 2013-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999, Mary Pattillo’s Black Picket Fences explores an American demographic group too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class. Nearly fifteen years later, this book remains a groundbreaking study of a group still underrepresented in the academic and public spheres. The result of living for three years in “Groveland,” a black middle-class neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, Black Picket Fences explored both the advantages the black middle class has and the boundaries they still face. Despite arguments that race no longer matters, Pattillo showed a different reality, one where black and white middle classes remain separate and unequal. Stark, moving, and still timely, the book is updated for this edition with a new epilogue by the author that details how the neighborhood and its residents fared in the recession of 2008, as well as new interviews with many of the same neighborhood residents featured in the original. Also included is a new foreword by acclaimed University of Pennsylvania sociologist Annette Lareau.
