Geneva Smitherman

Word from the Mother

Language and African Americans

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Produktbeschreibung

Geneva Smitherman presents an overview of past debates on the speech of the African Americans. Enriched by her inimitable style, this evocative study explores the relationship between language and race, as well as common perceptions of African American Language (AAL).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 164mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780415358750
• ISBN-10: 0415358752
• Artikelnr.: 21973121

Autorenporträt

Geneva Smitherman is University Distinguished Professor of English at Michigan State University. A linguist and educational activist, she has been at the forefront of the struggle for language rights for over 25 years. She is the author of several books, among them, Talkin and Testifyin (1977), Black Talk (2000), and Talkin That Talk (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

1. African American Language: So Good it's Bad 2. Words and Expressions
Proverbs and Familiar Sayings 3. The N-Words 4. Honeyz and Playaz Talkin that Talk 5. 'I Used to Love H.E.R.': Hip Hop
in its Essence and Real 6. 'All Around the World
Same Song' 7. 'Negro Dialect
the Last Barrier to Integration?'

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1. African American Language: So Good it's Bad 2. Words and Expressions, Proverbs and Familiar Sayings 3. The N-Words 4. Honeyz and Playaz Talkin that Talk 5. 'I Used to Love H.E.R.': Hip Hop, in its Essence and Real 6. 'All Around the World, Same Song' 7. 'Negro Dialect, the Last Barrier to Integration?'

Rezensionen

'The author of Word from the Mother has written brilliantly in the language of the African American community without apologies. I am awed by its depth, comprehensiveness, and relevance. This is a powerful and provocative turn in the intellectual arena and readers will return to Word from the Mother for many years to come.' - Professor Molefi Kete Asante, Temple University, USA

"...Geneva Smitherman needs little introduction; she has produced seminal works on the history, development and structure of AAL (African American Language)...this is a lively text that will have great appeal for both undergraduate and graduate students studying language--students will no doubt appreciate its lively language and hipness (to use an AAL word), but who will also have their awareness of the cultural and political nature of language use greatly enhanced by reading it." - Teaching as a Second or Foreign Language

'In short, although Smitherman has been more scholarly in her past book, in Word from the Mother she deliers the inspirational message we need to hear.' - Nancy Effinger Wilson