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Written by the hugely respected linguist, Geneva Smitherman, this book presents a definitive statement on African American English. Enriched by her evocative and inimitable prose style, the study presents an overview of past debates on the speech of African Americans, as well as providing a vision for the future. Featuring cartoons which demonstrate the relationship between language and race, as well as common perceptions of African American Language, she explores its contribution to mainstream American English and includes a summary of expressions as a suggested linguistic core of AAL.

African Americans --- English language --- Black English. --- Americanisms. --- Languages. --- Variation

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English language --- Linguistic change --- African Americans --- Black English. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Dialects --- Variation --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- Languages.

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Complementing a burgeoning area of interest and academic study, Roc the Mic Right explores the central role of language within the Hip Hop Nation (HHN). With its status convincingly argued as the best means by which to read Hip Hop culture, H. Samy Alim then focuses on discursive practices, such as narrative sequencing and ciphers, or lyrical circles of rhymers. Often a marginalized phenomenon, the complexity and creativity of Hip Hop lyrical production is emphasised, whilst Alim works towards the creation of a schema by which to understand its aesthetic.Using his own ethnog

African Americans --- Black English --- English language --- Hip-hop --- Popular culture --- Languages. --- Social aspects

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Perspectives on Black English Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

Sociolinguistics --- English language --- Dialectology --- Black English --- African Americans --- -English language --- -Germanic languages --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- African American English --- American black dialect --- Ebonics --- Negro-English dialects --- Languages --- Social aspects --- -Variation --- -Languages --- Black English. --- Languages. --- Variation --- -Black English --- -African American English --- -Sociolinguistics --- Germanic languages

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The decision by the Oakland, California school board to declare "Ebonics" as the official language of their African-American students unleashed a storm of controversy. This work sifts through the circumstances and evidence that triggered this debate, and provides detailed comparisons of the notorious resolutions that brought it to global attention.

Black English. --- English language --- African Americans --- Language and culture --- Slaves --- African languages --- Enslaved persons --- Persons --- Slavery --- Germanic languages --- African American English --- American black dialect --- Ebonics --- Negro-English dialects --- Social aspects --- Foreign elements --- African. --- Languages. --- Influence on English. --- Languages --- Black English (dialecte) --- Anglais (langue) --- Esclaves --- Aspect social --- États-Unis --- Histoire --- Language. --- Black English --- History. --- Education --- Language arts.