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BEYOND EBONICS
LINGUISTIC PRIDE AND RACIAL PREJUDICE |
| By: |
John Baugh |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£84.00 |
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£84.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195120469 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195120462 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2000 |
| Pages: |
172 |
| Description: |
The decision by the Oakland, California school board to declare "Ebonics" as the official language of their African-American students unleashed a firestorm of controversy with overtly racial overtones. While the vast majority of linguists were caught off guard by these events, equivocating over technical distinctions between "a language" and "a dialect", journalists, legislators, and the public demanded to know more about "Ebonics", and the controversial claims thatwere asserted by its proponents. John Baugh, a leading authority on African-American English, sifts through the volatile circumstances and evidence that triggered this debate, including the origin of Ebonics, and provides detailed comparisons of the notorious resolutions that brought it to globalattention. |
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The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term "Ebonics". However, the idea remains a mystery to most. John Baugh, a well-known African-American linguist and education expert, offers an accessible explanation of the origins of the term, the linguistic reality behind the hype, and the politics behind the outcry on both sides of the debate. Using a non-technical, first-person style, and bringing in many of his own personal experiences, Baugh debunks many commonly-held notions about the way African-Americans speak English, and the result is a nuanced and balanced portrait of a fraught subject. This volume should appeal to students and scholars in anthropology, linguistics, education, urban studies, and African-American studies |
| Illustrations: |
8 line illustrations |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
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Returnable |
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