Mary Kohn, Walt Wolfram, Charlie Farrington, Jennifer Renn, Janneke van Hofwegen

African American Language

Language Development from Infancy to Adulthood

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A pioneering longitudinal study of sixty-seven African American children, this book examines language development through childhood. It provides a unique glimpse into what it means to mature from a linguistic perspective and will be a key work for advanced students and researchers in sociolinguistics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 325
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9781108798983
• ISBN-10: 1108798985
• Artikelnr.: 59999256

Autorenporträt

Mary Kohn is Associate Professor in English at Kansas State University. Her work examines linguistic variation across the lifespan, youth language practices, and regional sound change. Her book, The Way I Communicate Changes But How I Speak Don't (2015), is available through the American Dialect Society.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Coming of Age in African American Language
2. The Analysis of Sociolinguistic Change over the Lifespan
3. Profiles of Change: The Early Lifespan of African American Language
4. Vowel Variation across Time and Space
5. Caretaker's Influence on Vernacularity
6. The Influence of Peers on the Use of African American Language
7. Stylistic Variation in the Early AAL Lifespan
8. The Relationship of African American Language and Early Literacy Skills
9. A Longitudinal Study in Retrospect.