| African Amern Vernacular Eng Contributor(s): Rickford, John Russell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631212450 ISBN-13: 9780631212454 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $74.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1999 Annotation: In response to the flood of interest in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) following the recent controversy over "Ebonics," this book brings together sixteen essays on the subject by a leading expert in the field, one who has been researching and writing on it for a quarter of a century. Rickford's essays cover the three central areas in which questions continue to come in from teachers, students, linguists, the news media, and interested members of the public: The answers to these questions are sometimes matters of controversy even within linguistics, the scientific study of language, but Rickford's essays - written between 1975 and 1998 - provide an informed commentary on them based on systematic research rather than the opinionated misinformation that dominated media commentary on Ebonics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 427.973 |
| LCCN: 98047775 |
| Series: Language in Society |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.02" W x 8.99" (1.35 lbs) 428 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In response to the flood of interest in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) following the recent controversy over Ebonics, this book brings together sixteen essays on the subject by a leading expert in the field, one who has been researching and writing on it for a quarter of a century. |