| The Sociology of African American Language: A Language Planning Perspective 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Debose, C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403939705 ISBN-13: 9781403939708 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: The current state of knowledge of African American language is examined from a broad, multidisciplinary perspective that includes its structure, history, social role and educational implications, as well as the linguistic scholarship from which it derives, as a case study of language planning. Diverse including hip-hop culture, the African American church, and the Ebonics controversy are unified by a pervasive theme of latent conflict between academic knowledge of African American language and "real world" knowledge of the same. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 427.973 |
| LCCN: 2005046314 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" (1.00 lbs) 237 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The current state of knowledge of African American language is examined from a broad, multidisciplinary perspective that includes its structure, history, social role and educational implications, as well as the linguistic scholarship from which it derives, as a case study of language planning. A diverse array of topics including Hip-Hop culture, the Black Church and the Ebonics controversy are unified by a pervasive theme of latent conflict between academic knowledge and 'real world' knowledge of Black language. |
