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Author Hewitt, Roger.

Title White talk black talk : inter-racial friendship and communication amongst adolescents / Roger Hewitt
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986

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 W'PONDS  401.9094216 Hew  AVAILABLE
Description x, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Series Comparative ethnic and race relations
Comparative ethnic and race relations series.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements -- Typographical conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Inter-racial friendship in Area A -- 2. Inter-racial friendship in Area B -- 3. The language of black youth culture -- 4. Creole forms in white adolescent speech -- 5. White creole use in inter-racial contexts -- 6. Social semiotics and ideology -- 7. Transmission and intervention: racism and anti-racism in communicative practices -- References -- Index
Summary A study of relations between black and white adolescents in South London
Analysis Great Britain Urban regions Negro adolescents Oral communication with white adolescents Social aspects
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 240-246
Subject Blacks -- England -- London -- Communication.
Creole dialects, English -- England -- London.
Sociolinguistics -- England -- London.
Youth -- England -- London -- Language.
SUBJECT London (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005665 -- Languages. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006384
London (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005665 -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552
LC no. 86006146
ISBN 0521262399
0521338247 (paperback)