Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture

African American language is central to the teaching of linguistics and language in the United States, and this book covers the entire field--grammar, speech, and verbal genres. It also reveals the various historical strands that must be identified in order to understand the development of African American English. These are the social and cultural history of the American South, the urban and northern black popular culture, as well as policy issues. The current heated political and educational debates about the status of the African American dialect are also addressed.

Author: Marcyliena Morgan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/12/2002
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.38w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780521001496

About the Author
Morgan, Marcyliena: - Marcyliena Morgan is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research has focused on language, culture and identity, sociolinguistics, discourse and interaction, and she is the editor of Language and the Social Construction of Identity in Creole Situations.

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