Language in African American communities

著者

• Lanehart, Sonja L.

書誌事項

Language in African American communities

Sonja Lanehart

（Routledge guides to linguistics）

Routledge, 2023

• : hbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "Language in African American Communities is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the language, culture, and sociohistorical contexts of African American communities. It will also benefit those with a general interest in language and culture, language and language users, and language and identity. This book includes discussions of traditional and non-traditional topics regarding linguistic explorations of African American communities that include difficult conversations around race and racism"-- Provided by publisher

収録内容

• Talkin and testifyin
• A seat at the table: What are you bringing to the table before we even get started?
• "Put some respeck on my name!": language and uses of identity in African American communities
• "Where your people from?:" problematizing origins and development
• What's good? A concise descriptivist meta-grammar of language use in African American communities
• Where your people at?: Regional and geographic variation
• Where my shawty's at? Social and gendered variation
• This is why we can't have nice things: pop culture, social media, and digital media
• It's not the shoes, bruh! You Black!: African American language use in AmeriKKKa's educational apparatU.S.
• "If you don't know me by now ..."

内容説明・目次

内容説明

* An introduction to the sociolinguistic and paralinguistic aspects of language use in African American communities; sociocultural and historical contexts and development; notions about grammar and discourse; the significance of naming and the pall of race and racism in discussions and research of language variation and change * Activities and discussion questions which invite readers to consider their own perspectives on language use in African American communities and how it manifests in their own lives and communities * Links to relevant videos, stories, music, and digital media that represent language use in African American communities

目次

Contents List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for English in the Continental U.S. Chapter 1: Talkin and Testifyin Introduction: My Subjectivities and Positionalities Name a Thing a Thing: About Definitions and Naming What to Expect Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry References Filmography Discography Digital Media Chapter 2: A Seat at the Table: What Are You Bringing to the Table Before We Even Get Started? Introduction: Real Talk Linguistic Prejudice Linguistic Shame and Denial Linguistic Pride and Acceptance Contradictions and All What You're Not Going to Do: Definitions, Naming, and Pet Peeves To HEL-or HEC-and Back: The Messiness of Having the Army and the Navy Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry References Filmography Discography Digital Media Chapter 3: "Put Some Respeck on My Name!": Language and Uses of Identity in African American Communities Introduction: How We Gon Play This? Who Do People Say That I Am? A Word on Ebonics What Does It Feel Like to Be a Problem? Say My Name! Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry References Filmography Digital Media Chapter 4: "Where Your People From?:" Problematizing Origins and Development Introduction: Controversial History, Development, and Contested Origins The Deficit Hypothesis (Neo-)Anglicist and (Neo-)Creolist Origins Hypotheses Consensus Hypotheses: Substratist, Restructuralist, and Ecological The Divergence/Convergence Hypothesis My Conclusion: PeriodT! Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry References Filmography Discography Chapter 5: What's Good? A Concise Descriptivist Meta-Grammar of Language Use in African American Communities Introduction: We Bout to Ride Up on This Elephant Why Y'all so Interested in Language Use in African American Communities? Patterns, Systems, and Structure, Oh My! Lexical Level: Word Classes and Word Formation Syntactic Level, Part 1: Verbal Markers Syntactic Level, Part 2: From Multiple Negation to Patterns in Question Formation Morphosyntactic Level: Inflections Phonological Level Speech Events, Discourse, Pragmatics, Nonverbal, and Paralinguistic Levels Where Does This Leave Us? Questions, Discussions, and Further Inquiry References Digital Media Chapter 6: Where Your People At?: Regional and Geographic Variation Introduction: A New Day Is Dawning Gullah Geechee Urban and Rural CORAAL, et al. From Regional to Social Variation Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry References Filmography Digital Media Chapter 7: Where My Shawty's At? Social and Gendered Variation Introduction: It's about to Be Lit Up in Here Black American Sign Language, or Black ASL Standards in Language Use in African American Communities Middle-Class Language Use in African American Communities African American Women's Language, or AAWL Hip Hop Nation Language, or HHNL Sexuality and Gendered Identity in Language Use in African American Communities Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry References Filmography Discography Digital Media Chapter 8: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Pop Culture, Social Media, and Digital Media Introduction: Whatcha Know Good? Afrofuturism and Ebonics Ya Man, Steve Harvey: Blacktainment Extraordinaire The Queen of Soul to Spoken Soul Black Twitter and Language Use in African American Communities Digital Media and the Performance of Language Use in African American Communities I Refuse to Eat the Cake Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry References Filmography Discography Digital Media Chapter 9: It's Not the Shoes, Bruh! You Black!: African American Language Use in AmeriKKKa's Educational ApparatU.S. Introduction: That's the Way of the World How and When We Enter White Educational Spaces ... and Some Definitions We Ain't Havin It!: Let's Get on the Good Foot We Come from a Remarkable People The Research: Language and Linguistic Justice for Black Children Language of Black America on Trial: The Ann Arbor "Black English" Trial and the Oakland Ebonics Controversy As My Dad Would Say, "Stop Pussyfootin Roun the Issue:" Because Racism Questions and Further Inquiry References Filmography Discography Digital Media Chapter 10: "If You Don't Know Me by Now ..." Introduction: You Cain't Do Wrong and Get By Things I Didn't Discuss that You Might Consider Whatcha Know Good?: What I Hope You Did, Learned, and Hope to Do Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry References Discography Index

「Nielsen BookData」 より

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC16270738
• ISBN:
  • 9781138189690
• LCCN: 2022017051
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY
• ページ数/冊数: xiii, 245 p.
• 大きさ: 21 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PE3102.B54
  • DC23 : 427/.97308996073
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Black English -- United States
  • LCSH : English language -- Variation -- United States
  • LCSH : English language -- Social aspects -- United States
  • LCSH : African Americans -- Intellectual life
  • LCSH : African Americans -- Communication
• 親書誌ID:
  • BB22549517