Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture

Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung A study of African American language in the United States looks at the grammar! speech! and verbal genres within the African American and American speech communities! as well as various historical strands that help to understand its development and the current political and educational debates about its dialectical status. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps, figures and tables; Acknowledgments; Notes on the transcriptions; Introduction; 1. The African American speech community: culture, language ideology and social face; 2. Forms of speech: verbal styles, discourse and interaction; 3. Language norms and practices; 4. When women speak: how and why we enter; 5. Urban youth language: black by popular demand; 6. Language, discourse and power: outing schools; Notes; References; Index.

Résumé
A study of African American language in the United States looks at the grammar, speech, and verbal genres within the African American and American speech communities, as well as various historical strands that help to understand its development and the current political and educational debates about its dialectical status.

Contenu

List of maps, figures and tables; Acknowledgments; Notes on the transcriptions; Introduction; 1. The African American speech community: culture, language ideology and social face; 2. Forms of speech: verbal styles, discourse and interaction; 3. Language norms and practices; 4. When women speak: how and why we enter; 5. Urban youth language: black by popular demand; 6. Language, discourse and power: outing schools; Notes; References; Index.