Readings in African American language
Subtitle: aspects, features, and perspectives
By: edited by Nathaniel Norment, Jr.
Contributors: Norment, Nathaniel.
Series: African-American literature and culture : Expanding and exploding the bounderies ;; v. 4; African-American literature and culture ;; v. 4.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: African Americans -- Languages.; English language -- Variation -- United States.; Language and culture -- United States.; Black English.; Americanisms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: The Scope of African American Language 1; value: 1. The African Element in Black American English 5; value: David Dalby; value: 2. A Survey of Afro-American English 25; value: John Baugh; value: 3. The Historical Development of Ebonies 49; value: Ernie A. Smith; value: 4. Some Linguistic Features of Negro Dialect 59; value: Ralph W. Fasold and Walter A. Wolfram PART TWO: Aspects of African American Language 93; value: 5. Aspects of Intonation in Black English 97; value: Elaine E. Tarone; value: 6. The Rise of Be as an Aspect Marker in Black 107; value: English Vernacular; value: John Myhill; value: 7. The Black English {-Z}: Some Theoretical Implications 133; value: Ronald R. Butters; value: 8. Tense and the Form Be in Black English 145; value: Ralph W. Fasold; value: 9. Auxiliary Structures and the Time Adverbs in Black 165; value: American English; value: Marvin D. Loflin, J. L. Dillard, and Nicholas R. Sobin; value: 10. The Black English Semi-Auxiliary Come 173; value: Arthur K Spears; value: 11. The Origin of the Verbal -s in Black English 203; value: Edgar W. Schneider; value: 12. Study of Verb Classes in African American English 221; value: Lisa J. Green; value: 13. The Sentence in African-American Vernacular English 241; value: Stefan Martin and Walter A. Wolfram; value: PART THREE: African American Pedagogy and Writing 271; value: 14. Discourse Features of African American Students' Writing 275; value: Nathaniel Norment, Jr.; value: 15. Cultural Preference and the Expository Writing of 293; value: African-American Adolescents; value: Arnetha F. Ball; value: 16. Teaching about Black English: An Annotated Syllabus 323; value: Kikanza Nuri Webber Selected Bibliography 335; value: List of Contributors 347; value: Index 351.