He-said-she-said
Subtitle: talk as social organization among Black children
By: by Marjorie Harness Goodwin.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Black English -- Social aspects; African American children -- Social life and customs; English language -- Spoken English -- United States; Language and culture -- United States; African American children -- Language; Social structure -- United States; Urban dialects -- United States
Description: "This groundbreaking study describes in detail the complexities of children's communication. By integrating the analysis of conversation with ethnography, Marjorie Harness Goodwin systematically and empirically reveals how a group of urban black children constitute their social world through talk"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-360) and indexes.