John Russell Rickford

Speaking my Soul

Race, Life and Language

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Produktbeschreibung

Speaking My Soul is the story of linguist John R. Rickford's life from his early years in Guyana to his status as Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Stanford. With a foreword by poet John Agard, this is key reading for students and faculty in linguistics, mixed-race studies, African American studies, and social justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781032068855
• ISBN-10: 103206885X
• Artikelnr.: 62798430

Autorenporträt

John Russell Rickford is a former president of the Linguistics Society of America. He was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Rickford is co-editor of African-American English, now available as a Routledge Linguistics Classic.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword by John Agard
Prologue: The gift of Stroke
1 Youngest of ten, and my monkey and rabbit
2 Forebears and cousins
3 Baby Wade, my mum
4 Siblings: Patricia(s) and Peter
5 Queen's College (my high school)
6 Friends and Girlfriends
7 Johnny and Johnny (Agard) and the police
8 Going to America
9 U of California, Santa Cruz & summer 1969
10 Forgive me, my son, Thank you my parents
11 How I fell in love with Linguistics & Black Talk
12 The Sea Islands: Dashiki in suitcase if required
13 Rosa Parks at Stanford
14 Stanford in Oxford: David Dabydeen & Dennis Brutus
15 African and African American Studies, Learning Expeditions, Kongo
Cosmograms
16 Ebonics, Rachel Jeantel, Trayvon Martin, Black Lives Matter
Epilogue: The gift of Love
Index