Beyond ebonics
Subtitle: linguistic pride and racial prejudice
By: John Baugh.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Black English; English language -- Social aspects -- United States; English language -- United States -- Foreign elements -- African; African languages -- Influence on English; Language and culture -- United States; Slaves -- United States -- Languages; African Americans -- Languages
Description: "This book avoids technical linguistic jargon in favor of a dispassionate survey spanning from Ebonics' birth to its hostile reception by the overwhelming majority of people who repudiated the term. Baugh's investigation exposes flaws in competing definitions of Ebonics, as well as racial tensions that flared throughout this controversy.

Baugh traces Ebonics from its obscure origin through its eventual public demise, considering a host of legal, educational, and theoretical issues that still linger as part of the quest for racial reconciliation. This depiction of Ebonics dispels linguistic myths with previously untold facts that will be of considerable interest to linguists, educators, scholars, and legislatures, as well as the general public."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index.