The Sociology of African American Language: A Language Planning Perspective

DeBose, C.

The current state of knowledge of African American language is examined from a broad, multidisciplinary perspective that includes its structure, history, social role and educational implications, as well as the linguistic scholarship from which it derives, as a case study of language planning. A diverse array of topics including Hip-Hop culture, the Black Church and the Ebonics controversy are unified by a pervasive theme of latent conflict between academic knowledge and 'real world' knowledge of Black language.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005-12-13

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403939708

DOI: 10.1057/9780230502086

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 237