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*The first book to describe and set out the form, variety and
social and educational implications of the variety of English ,
known as African American English *The official acknowledgement of
AAE as a legitimate variety of English and not "Bad English" was
hugely important following the Oakland school controversy and
Ebonics debates, not only for linguists, but educationalists and
for the lives of Black people *Showcases a range of voices and
leading authorities covering a wide variety of topics, unlike most
other books written by sole authors
Contents: Introduction 1. Some Aspects of African-American Vernacular English Guy Bailey and Erik Thomas 2. The Sentence in African-American Vernacular English Stefan Martin and Walt Wolfram 3. Aspect and Predicate Phrases in African-American Vernacular English Lisa Green 4. The Structure of the Noun Phrase in African-American English Salikoko S. Mufwene 5. Coexistent Systems in African-American English William Labov 6. The Development of African-American Vernacular English, Focusing on the Creole Origin Issue John R. Rickford 7. Word from the Hood: The Lexicon of African-American Vernacular English Geneva Smitherman 8. African-American Language Use: Ideology and So-Called Obscenity Arthur K. Spears 9. More than a Mood or an Attitude: Discourse and Verbal Genres in African-American Culture Marcyliena Morgan 10. Linguistics, Education, and the Law: Education Reform for African-American Language Minority Students John Baugh
*The first book to describe and set out the form, variety and
social and educational implications of the variety of English ,
known as African American English *The official acknowledgement of
AAE as a legitimate variety of English and not "Bad English" was
hugely important following the Oakland school controversy and
Ebonics debates, not only for linguists, but educationalists and
for the lives of Black people *Showcases a range of voices and
leading authorities covering a wide variety of topics, unlike most
other books written by sole authors
African-American English: Structure, History and Use provides a comprehensive survey of linguistic research into African-American English. The main linguistic features are covered, in particular the grammar, phonology and lexicon. Further chapters explore the sociological, political and educational issues connected with African-American English. The editors are the leading experts in the field and along with other key figures, notably William Labov, Geneva Smitherman and Walt Wolfram, they provide an authoritative, diverse guide to this topical subject area. Drawing on many contemporary references: the Oakland School controversy, the rap of Ice-T, the contributors reflect the state of current scholarship on African-American English, and actively dispel many misconceptions, address new questions and explore new approaches. The book is designed to serve as a text for the increasing number of courses on African-American English and as a convenient reference for students of linguistics, black studies and anthropology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
As rich as the development of the Spanish and Portuguese language
has been in Latin America, no single book has attempted to chart
their complex history. Gathering essays by sociohistorical
linguists working across the region, Salikoko S. Mufwene does just
that in this book. Exploring the many different contact points
between Iberian colonialism and indigenous cultures, the
contributors identify the crucial parameters of language evolution
that have led to today's state of linguistic diversity in Latin
America. The essays approach language development through an
ecological lens, exploring the effects of politics, economics,
cultural contact, and natural resources on the indigenization of
Spanish and Portuguese in a variety of local settings. They show
how languages adapt to new environments, peoples, and practices,
and the ramifications of this for the spread of colonial languages,
the loss or survival of indigenous ones, and the way hybrid
vernaculars get situated in larger political and cultural forces.
The result is a sophisticated look at language as a natural
phenomenon, one that meets a host of influences with remarkable
plasticity.
The ten essays in The Crucible of Carolina explore the connections
between the language and culture of South Carolina's barrier
islands, West Africa, the Caribbean, and England. Decades before
any formal, scholarly interest in South Carolina barrier life,
outsiders had been commenting on and documenting the "African"
qualities of the region's black inhabitants. These qualities have
long been manifest in their language, religious practices, music,
and material culture. Although direct contact between South
Carolina and Africa continued until the Civil War, the era of
Caribbean contact was briefer and ended with the close of the
American colonial period. Throughout this volume, though, the
contributors look beyond the cultural motivations and political
appeal of strengthening the links between coastal Carolina and
Africa and examine the cost of a diminished recognition of this
important Caribbean influence. Not surprisingly, the influence of
the pioneering linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner is reflected in many of
these essays. The work presented in this volume, however, moves
beyond Turner in dealing with the discourse and stylistic aspects
of Gullah; in relating patters of Gullah to other Anglophone
creoles and to various processes of creolization; and in
questioning the usefulness of "retention," "survival," and
"continuity" as operational concepts in comparative research.
Within this context of furthering and challenging Turner's work in
the barrier islands, and in seeking a truer measure of both African
and Caribbean influences there, the contributors cover such topics
as names and naming, the language of religious rituals,
basket-making traditions, creole discourse patterns, and the
grammatical morphology of Gullah and related creole and pidgin
languages. Other contributors consider the substrate contributions
and African continuities to be found in New World language patterns
into new patterns adapted to the various situations in the New
World. Opening new and advancing previous areas of research, The
Crucible of Carolina also contributes to a further appreciation of
the richness and diversity of South Carolina's cultural heritage.
Languages are constantly changing. New words are added to the
English language every year, either borrowed or coined, and there
is often railing against the decline of the language by public
figures. Some languages, such as French and Finnish, have academies
to protect them against foreign imports. Yet languages are
species-like constructs, which evolve naturally over time.
Migration, imperialism, and globalization have blurred boundaries
between many of them, producing new ones (such as creoles) and
driving some to extinction. This book examines the processes by
which languages change, from the macroecological perspective of
competition and natural selection. In a series of chapters,
Salikoko Mufwene examines such themes as:natural selection in
language. the actuation question and the invisible hand that drives
evolution multilingualism and language contact language birth and
language death. the emergence of Creoles and Pidgins the varying
impacts of colonization and globalization on language vitality.
This comprehensive examination of the organic evolution of language
will be essential reading for graduate and senior undergraduate
students, and for researchers on the social dynamics of language
variation and change, language vitality and death, and even the
origins of linguistic diversity.
Linguistics has had a significant and evident impact on economics,
and vice versa. However, this mutually beneficial relationship has
so far remained under-exploited. This rich volume brings together
an international range of scholars, to bridge the gap between these
two distinct but increasingly interrelated disciplines. It covers
areas such as the role of economic factors in the maintenance or
loss of languages, the relationship between speakers' language
choices and economic practices, the relevance of economic
development to the spread of modern communication technology, and
the role of language in economic development. It represents a
critical call to arms for researchers and students in both fields
to engage in better informed ways with the work of the other. By
sharing both linguistic and economic ideas, the editors and the
other contributors foster a clear dialogue between the two
disciplines, which will inform the rapidly emerging field of
'language economics'.
The question of complexity, as in what makes one language more
'complex' than another, is a long-established topic of debate
amongst linguists. Recently, this issue has been complemented with
the view that languages are complex adaptive systems, in which
emergence and self-organization play major roles. However, few
students of the phenomenon have gone beyond the basic assessment of
the number of units and rules in a language (what has been
characterized as 'bit complexity') or shown some familiarity with
the science of complexity. This book reveals how much can be
learned by overcoming these limitations, especially by adopting
developmental and evolutionary perspectives. The contributors
include specialists of language acquisition, evolution and ecology,
grammaticization, phonology, and modeling, all of whom approach
languages as dynamical, emergent, and adaptive complex systems.
The question of complexity, as in what makes one language more
'complex' than another, is a long-established topic of debate
amongst linguists. Recently, this issue has been complemented with
the view that languages are complex adaptive systems, in which
emergence and self-organization play major roles. However, few
students of the phenomenon have gone beyond the basic assessment of
the number of units and rules in a language (what has been
characterized as 'bit complexity') or shown some familiarity with
the science of complexity. This book reveals how much can be
learned by overcoming these limitations, especially by adopting
developmental and evolutionary perspectives. The contributors
include specialists of language acquisition, evolution and ecology,
grammaticization, phonology, and modeling, all of whom approach
languages as dynamical, emergent, and adaptive complex systems.
As rich as the development of the Spanish and Portuguese language
has been in Latin America, no single book has attempted to chart
their complex history. Gathering essays by sociohistorical
linguists working across the region, Salikoko S. Mufwene does just
that in this book. Exploring the many different contact points
between Iberian colonialism and indigenous cultures, the
contributors identify the crucial parameters of language evolution
that have led to today's state of linguistic diversity in Latin
America. The essays approach language development through an
ecological lens, exploring the effects of politics, economics,
cultural contact, and natural resources on the indigenization of
Spanish and Portuguese in a variety of local settings. They show
how languages adapt to new environments, peoples, and practices,
and the ramifications of this for the spread of colonial languages,
the loss or survival of indigenous ones, and the way hybrid
vernaculars get situated in larger political and cultural forces.
The result is a sophisticated look at language as a natural
phenomenon, one that meets a host of influences with remarkable
plasticity.
This is a comprehensive and diverse examination of the effects of
globalization on languages in Africa, aimed at students and
researchers interested in language endangerment and change.This
book discusses the effects of globalization on languages in Africa.
In contrast to previous studies, the contributors examine whether
or not globalization is affecting African languages in the same
ways and at the same rate in different countries, and how local
experiences of language change vary from place to place. Rather
than seeing English as the 'killer language' par excellence, the
contributors probe ways in which languages are being used side by
side to complement each other in some contexts while competing
against European colonial languages in others. The result is a
diverse canvas of language vitality in the African context,
including matters of endangerment and loss, through the lense of
globalization in its various interpretations.This book is a must
read for students and researchers interested in language change and
death and in the fate of European languages in the rest of the
world.
This is a comprehensive and diverse examination of the effects of
globalization on languages in Africa, aimed at students and
researchers interested in language endangerment and change.This
book discusses the effects of globalization on languages in Africa.
In contrast to previous studies, the contributors examine whether
or not globalization is affecting African languages in the same
ways and at the same rate in different countries, and how local
experiences of language change vary from place to place. Rather
than seeing English as the 'killer language' par excellence, the
contributors probe ways in which languages are being used side by
side to complement each other in some contexts while competing
against European colonial languages in others. The result is a
diverse canvas of language vitality in the African context,
including matters of endangerment and loss, through the lense of
globalization in its various interpretations.This book is a must
read for students and researchers interested in language change and
death and in the fate of European languages in the rest of the
world.
This major new work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic linguistics. Written by an internationally renowned linguist, the book surveys a wide range of examples of changes in the structure, function and vitality of languages, and suggests that similar ecologies have played the same kinds of roles in all cases of language evolution. The Ecology of Language Evolution will be welcomed by students and researchers in sociolinguistics, creolistics, theoretical linguistics and theories of evolution.
This major new work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic linguistics. Written by an internationally renowned linguist, the book surveys a wide range of examples of changes in the structure, function and vitality of languages, and suggests that similar ecologies have played the same kinds of roles in all cases of language evolution. The Ecology of Language Evolution will be welcomed by students and researchers in sociolinguistics, creolistics, theoretical linguistics and theories of evolution.
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