Tracey L. Weldon (University of South Carolina)

Middle-Class African American English

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Including a wide range of audio extracts, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the use and evaluation of African American English (AAE) by middle-class speakers. It will provide scholars and students of AAE and sociolinguistics with a broader understanding of the African American English continuum and speech community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780521719667
• ISBN-10: 0521719666
• Artikelnr.: 67676782

Autorenporträt

Tracey L. Weldon is a sociolinguist, specializing in African American Language varieties at the University of South Carolina. She is an Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Producer of the documentary 'Talking Black in America', and chair of the LSA Committee on Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The study of middle-class AAE
3. 'Talking black' as public performance - not so lame
4. Language and double-consciousness - a personal account
5. Race, class, and camouflaged divergence
6. Sounding black
7. Looking ahead.