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John Baugh, an authority on African American English, dissects and challenges many of the prevailing myths about African American language and its place in American society.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword by William Labov
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1. Orientation
    • 1. Some Common Misconceptions about African American Vernacular English
    • 2. Language and Race: Some Implications of Bias for Linguistic Science
  • Part 2. The Relevance of African American Vernacular English to Education and Social Policies
    • 3. Why What Works Has Not Worked for Nontraditional Students
    • 4. Reading, Writing, and Rap: Lyric Shuffle and Other Motivational Strategies to Introduce and Reinforce Literacy
    • 5. Educational Malpractice and the Ebonics Controversy
    • 6. Linguistic Discrimination and American justice
  • Part 3. Cross-cultural Communication in Social Context
    • 7. The Politics of Black Power Handshakes
    • 8. Changing Terms of Self-reference among American Slave Descendants
  • Part 4. Linguistic Dimensions of African American Vernacular English
    • 9. Steady: Progressive Aspect in African American Vernacular English
    • 10. Come Again: Discourse Functions in African American Vernacular English
    • 11. Hypocorrection: Mistakes in the Production of African American Vernacular English as a Second Dialect
    • 12. Linguistic Perceptions in Black and White: Racial Identification Based on Speech
  • Part 5. Conclusion
    • 13. Research Trends for African American Vernacular English: Anthropology, Education, and Linguistics
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/03/1999
      ISBN13: 9780292708730, 978-0292708730
      ISBN10: 0292708734

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      John Baugh, an authority on African American English, dissects and challenges many of the prevailing myths about African American language and its place in American society.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword by William Labov
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Part 1. Orientation
        • 1. Some Common Misconceptions about African American Vernacular English
        • 2. Language and Race: Some Implications of Bias for Linguistic Science
      • Part 2. The Relevance of African American Vernacular English to Education and Social Policies
        • 3. Why What Works Has Not Worked for Nontraditional Students
        • 4. Reading, Writing, and Rap: Lyric Shuffle and Other Motivational Strategies to Introduce and Reinforce Literacy
        • 5. Educational Malpractice and the Ebonics Controversy
        • 6. Linguistic Discrimination and American justice
      • Part 3. Cross-cultural Communication in Social Context
        • 7. The Politics of Black Power Handshakes
        • 8. Changing Terms of Self-reference among American Slave Descendants
      • Part 4. Linguistic Dimensions of African American Vernacular English
        • 9. Steady: Progressive Aspect in African American Vernacular English
        • 10. Come Again: Discourse Functions in African American Vernacular English
        • 11. Hypocorrection: Mistakes in the Production of African American Vernacular English as a Second Dialect
        • 12. Linguistic Perceptions in Black and White: Racial Identification Based on Speech
      • Part 5. Conclusion
        • 13. Research Trends for African American Vernacular English: Anthropology, Education, and Linguistics
      • Notes
      • Glossary
      • References
      • Index

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