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Author Rickford, John R., 1949-

Title Spoken soul : the story of Black English / John Russell Rickford and Russell John Rickford ; foreword by Geneva Smitherman.

Publication Info. New York : Wiley, [2000]
©2000
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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  427.089 RIC    Storage
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  427 R    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  427 RICKFORD c.2  Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  427.089 RICKFORD    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  427.089 R42    Check Shelf
Description xii, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-258) and index.
Contents What's going on? -- "This passion, this skill, this incredible music": Writers -- Preachers and pray-ers -- Comedians and actors -- Singers, toasters, and rappers -- Living language: vocabulary and pronunciation -- Grammar -- History -- Ebonics firestorm: education -- Media -- Ebonics "humor" -- Double self: the crucible of identity
Subject Black English.
English language -- Spoken English -- United States.
English language -- Social aspects -- United States.
African Americans -- Languages.
Added Author Rickford, Russell John.
ISBN 047132356X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0471399574 paper
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