| Description |
1 online resource (x, 352 pages) : illustrations |
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Creole language library, 0920-9026 ; v. 8 |
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Creole language library ; v. 8. 0920-9026
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| Contents |
Speaking of slavery: the historical value of the recordings with slaves / Paul D. Escott -- Slave narratives, slave culture, and the slave experience / Joe Graham -- Song, sermons, and life stories: the legacy of the ex-slave narratives / Jeutonne P. Brewer -- The linguistic value of the ex-slave recordings / Michael Montgomery -- Representativeness and reliability of the ex-slave materials, with special reference to Wallace Quarterman's recording and transcript / John R. Rickford -- Is Gullah decreolizing? a comparison of a speech sample of the 1930s with a sample of the 1980s / Salikoko S. Mufwene -- The Atlantic Creoles and the language of the ex-slave recordings / John Holm -- Liberian settler English and the ex-slave recordings: a comparative study / John Victor Singler -- There's no tense like the present: verbal -S inflection in early black English / Shana Poplack, Sali Tagliamonte |
| Summary |
Debate over the evolution of Black English Vernacular (BEV) has permeated Afro-American studies, creole linguistics, dialectology, and sociolinguistics for a quarter of a century with little sign of a satisfactory resolution, primarily because evidence that bears directly on the earlier stages of BEV is sparse. This book brings together 11 transcripts of mechanical recordings of interviews with former slaves born well over a century ago. It attempts to make this crucial source of data as widely known as possible and to explore its importance for the study of Black English Vernacular in view of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-349) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Black English -- History
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English language -- United States -- History
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Creole dialects, English -- United States
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Enslaved persons -- United States -- Language
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African Americans -- Languages.
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Black English -- Texts
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Americanisms.
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Creole dialects, English -- United States -- History
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Enslaved persons -- United States -- History
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Enslaved persons
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African Americans -- Languages
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Americanisms
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Black English
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Creole dialects, English
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English language
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Sklave
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Pidginengels.
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Slaven (arbeid)
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Taalgebruik.
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Engelse creooltalen.
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Ingles (Lingua)
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United States
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USA
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Black English.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Texts
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bailey, Guy, 1950-
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Maynor, Natalie
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Cukor-Avila, Patricia
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| LC no. |
91013319 |
| ISBN |
9789027277831 |
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9027277834 |
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1283328194 |
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9781283328197 |
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9786613328199 |
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6613328197 |
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