Pan African Language Systems: Ebonics & African Oral Heritage

Pan African Language Systems: Ebonics & African Oral Heritage
ISBN-10
187259607X
ISBN-13
9781872596075
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Pages
144
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Karnak House
Author
Katherine Harris

Description

"Translated literally as black sounds, Ebonics and its distinct pastiche of accents, slangs, and vernaculars involves a relatively new and linguistically challenging field of study. Studying comparative linguistic structures and cultural history, this book continues the linguistic debate by presenting cultural parallels and geographic connections. Drawing upon modern African American culture and rap music, it examines Ebonics in terms of its unique use of rhyme, repetition, gesture, alliteration, and encoded parable and attempts to answer questions regarding linguistic distinction and form."

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