{"product_id":"black-street-speech-john-baugh-9780292707450","title":"Black Street Speech","description":"\u003cp\u003e In the minds of many, black street speech--the urban dialect of black Americans--bespeaks illiteracy, poverty, and ignorance. John Baugh challenges those prejudices in this brilliant new inquiry into the history, linguistic structure, and survival within white society of black street speech. In doing so, he successfully integrates a scholarly respect for black English with a humanistic approach to language differences that weds rigor of research with a keen sense of social responsibility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Baugh's is the first book on black English that is based on a long-term study of adult speakers. Beginning in 1972, black men and women in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Austin, and Houston were repeatedly interviewed, in varied social settings, in order to determine the nature of their linguistic styles and the social circumstances where subtle changes in their speech appear. Baugh's work uncovered a far wider breadth of speaking styles among black Americans than among standard English speakers. Having detailed his findings, he explores their serious implications for the employability and education of black Americans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Street Speech\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of enduring importance for educators, linguists, sociologists, scholars of black and urban studies, and all concerned with black English and its social consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Baugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292707452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292707450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.08w x 0.43d","brand":"John Baugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913554329855,"sku":"9780292707450","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_55b3497c-150a-41ed-9ba3-3c5011c89d00.jpg?v=1680621021","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-street-speech-john-baugh-9780292707450","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}