Word from the Mother Language and African Americans Routledge Linguistics Classics Series
Auteur : Smitherman Geneva
This classic text by Geneva Smitherman, pioneering scholar of Black Talk, is a definitive statement on African American Language (AAL). Enriched by her inimitable writing style, the book outlines past debates on the speech of African Americans and provides a vision for the future. As global manifestations of AAL increase, she argues that we must broaden our conception of the language and its speakers, and further examine the implications of gender, age and class on AAL. Perhaps most of all we must appreciate the "artistic and linguistic genius" of AAL, from Hip Hop lyrics to the rhyme and rhetoric of the broader Black speech community.
Smitherman explores AAL's contribution to American English, includes a summary of expressions as a suggested linguistic core of AAL, and features cartoons that educate readers on the broader relationship between language, race, and racism. This classic edition features a new foreword by H. Samy Alim, celebrating Smitherman's continuing impact on Black Language scholarship and her influence on the future of the field.
Word from the Mother is an essential read for students of African American speech, language, culture and sociolinguistics, as well as the general reader interested in the worldwide "crossover" of Black popular culture.
Acknowledgements
Foreword to the Routledge Linguistics Classics Edition:She Do It for the Culture: The Deep Structure of Geneva Smitherman’s Radical Linguistics of Black Love - H. Samy Alim
1 African American Language: So good it’s bad
2 Words and Expressions, Proverbs and Familiar Sayings
3 The N-words
4 Honeyz and Playaz Talkin that Talk
5 "I used to love H.E.R.": Hip Hop, in its Essence and Real
6 "All Around the World, Same Song"
7 "Negro Dialect, the Last Barrier to Integration"?
Notes
References
Discography
Index
Geneva Smitherman (aka Dr. G) is University Distinguished Professor Emerita in English and Core Faculty, African Studies Center at Michigan State University in the U.S. A linguist and educational activist, she has been at the forefront of the struggle for language rights since the 1970s. She is the author of several books, among them, Talkin and Testifyin (1977), Black Talk (2000), and Talkin That Talk (2000).
Date de parution : 11-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 11-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Word from the Mother :
Mots-clés :
Aal; Hip Hop; Word from the Mother; White America; Language and African Americans; Black Language; Geneva Smitherman; Hip Hop Artist; H; Samy Alim; Young Men; African American Language; Hip Hop Culture; Proverbs and Familiar Sayings; NWA; Words and Expressions; Black Speech; N-words; African American; Honeyz and Playaz Talkin that Talk; Ann Arbor School District; Hip Hop; in its Essence and Real; Ebonics Resolution; All Around the World; Same Song; Hip Hop Headz; I used to love H.E.R; Kool Herc; Negro Dialect; the Last Barrier to Integration; Hip Hop Texts; Negro Dialect; Dead Prez; Black Talk; Hip Hop Generation; language and race; Wu Tang Clan; Rap Music; Black popular culture and language; Hip Hop Music; AAE; Black America; Charge; Crack Cocaine