Out of the Mouths of Slaves

African American Language and Educational Malpractice

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic BookWhen the Oakland, California, school board called African American English "Ebonics" and claimed that it "is not a black dialect or any dialect of English," they reignited a debate over language, race, and culture that reaches back to the era of slavery in the United States. In this book, John Baugh, an authority on African American English, sets new parameters for the debate by dissecting and challenging many of the prevailing myths about African American language and its place in American society.Baugh's inquiry ranges from the origins of African American English among slaves and their descendants to its recent adoption by standard English speakers of various races. Some of the topics he considers include practices and malpractices for educating language minority students, linguistic discrimination in the administration of justice, cross-cultural communication between Blacks and whites, and specific linguistic aspects of African American English. This detailed overview of the main points of debate about African American language will be important reading for both scholars and the concerned public.

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Utgivningsdatum1999-03-01
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN9780292708730

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Foreword by William LabovPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1. Orientation 1. Some Common Misconceptions about African American Vernacular English2. Language and Race: Some Implications of Bias for Linguistic SciencePart 2. The Relevance of African American Vernacular English to Education and Social Policies 3. Why What Works Has Not Worked for Nontraditional Students4. Reading, Writing, and Rap: Lyric Shuffle and Other Motivational Strategies to Introduce and Reinforce Literacy5. Educational Malpractice and the Ebonics Controversy6. Linguistic Discrimination and American justicePart 3. Cross-cultural Communication in Social Context 7. The Politics of Black Power Handshakes8. Changing Terms of Self-reference among American Slave DescendantsPart 4. Linguistic Dimensions of African American Vernacular English 9. Steady: Progressive Aspect in African American Vernacular English10. Come Again: Discourse Functions in African American Vernacular English11. Hypocorrection: Mistakes in the Production of African American Vernacular English as a Second Dialect12. Linguistic Perceptions in Black and White: Racial Identification Based on SpeechPart 5. Conclusion 13. Research Trends for African American Vernacular English: Anthropology, Education, and LinguisticsNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex