The Sociology of African American Language [electronic resource] : A Language Planning Perspective /
DeBose, C.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Cultural studies.
Sociology.
Anthropology.
Sociolinguistics.
Multilingualism.
African Americans.
Cultural Studies.
Sociology, general.
Anthropology.
Sociolinguistics.
Multilingualism.
African American Culture.