Title: Out of the mouths of slaves
Description: When the Oakland, California, school board called African American English "Ebonics" and claimed that it "is not a black dialect or any dialect of English," they reignited a debate over language, race, and culture that reaches back to the era of slavery in the United States. In this book, John Baugh, an authority on African American English, sets new parameters for the debate by dissecting and challenging many of the prevailing myths about African American language and its place in American society.

This detailed overview of the main points of debate about African American English will be important reading for both scholars and the concerned public.
Subjects: Black English, Americanisms, Language, English language, Language arts, Slaves, Social conditions, Education, African Americans, African americans, languages, English language, social aspects, African americans, education, African americans, social conditions, Slaves, united states, Variation, Languages, Social aspects