By Geneva Smitherman
ISBN-10: 0415358752
ISBN-13: 9780415358750
ISBN-10: 0415358760
ISBN-13: 9780415358767
Written by way of the highly revered linguist, Geneva Smitherman, this publication offers a definitive assertion on African American English. Enriched by way of her evocative and inimitable prose variety, the examine offers an outline of previous debates at the speech of African americans, in addition to offering a imaginative and prescient for the long run. that includes cartoons which show the connection among language and race, in addition to universal perceptions of African American Language, she explores its contribution to mainstream American English and incorporates a precis of expressions as a steered linguistic middle of AAL.
As international manifestations of Black Language bring up, she argues that, via schooling, we needs to increase our perception of AAL and its audio system, and extra research the consequences of gender, age and sophistication on AAL. probably so much of all we needs to take pleasure in the ‘artistic and linguistic genius’ of AAL, provided during this booklet via rap and Hip Hop lyrics and the explorations of rhyme and rhetoric within the Black speech community.
Word from the Mother is a necessary learn for college students of African American English, language, tradition and sociolinguistics, in addition to the overall reader attracted to the global ‘crossover’ of black renowned culture.
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