Talkin that Talk: African American Language and Culture

Name: Explains that English is more than just words in a dictionary
Item: Talkin that Talk: African American Language and Culture
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By Geneva Smitherman

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A highly readable collection of key articles and essays by a leading scholar on African American language and politics. Discussing the inter-relationship between African American language, culture and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415208653

ISBN13:9780415208659

Release Date:August 1999

Publisher:Routledge

Length:476 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:9.2" x 1.1" x 6.1"

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African-American Studies Education Education & Reference Foreign Language Learning Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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Explains that English is more than just words in a dictionary

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago

I checked this book out of a library to do a report and found a wealth of information on communication, culture, the history of English and how languages change over time.

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