Out of the Mouths of Slaves

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  • Out of the Mouths of Slaves Book Detail

  • Author : John Baugh
  • Release Date : 1999
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Pages : 212
  • ISBN 13 : 9780292708730
  • File Size : 68,68 MB
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Out of the Mouths of Slaves by John Baugh PDF Summary

Book Description: When the Oakland, California, school board called African American English "Ebonics" and claimed that it "is not a black dialect or any dialect of English," they reignited a debate over language, race, and culture that reaches back to the era of slavery in the United States. In this book, John Baugh, an authority on African American English, sets new parameters for the debate by dissecting and challenging many of the prevailing myths about African American language and its place in American society. Baugh's inquiry ranges from the origins of African American English among slaves and their descendants to its recent adoption by standard English speakers of various races. Some of the topics he considers include practices and malpractices for educating language minority students, linguistic discrimination in the administration of justice, cross-cultural communication between Blacks and whites, and specific linguistic aspects of African American English. This detailed overview of the main points of debate about African American language will be important reading for both scholars and the concerned public.

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