Spoken soul
Subtitle: the story of Black English
By: John Russell Rickford and Russell John Rickford ; foreword by Geneva Smitherman.
Contributors: Rickford, Russell John.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Black English.; English language -- Spoken English -- United States.; English language -- Social aspects -- United States.; African Americans -- Languages.
Description: "Offers a fascinating, definitive history of the use of Black English in literature, the performing arts, religion, and everyday conversation. The Rickfords also explore America's love/hate relationship with Black English and its role in our ongoing dialogue about why and how race matters". -- Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-258) and index.