Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English by Rickford, John Russell

Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780471323563)

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Format: Hardcover
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Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English by Rickford, John Russell

Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English

$17.95
Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English by Rickford, John Russell

Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English

$17.95
Format: Hardcover
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In Praise of Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English

""Spoken Soul brilliantly fills a huge gap. . . . a delightfully readable introduction to the elegant interweave between the language and its culture.""
-Ralph W. Fasold, Georgetown university

""A lively, well-documented history of Black English . . . that will enlighten and inform not only educators, for whom it should be required reading, but all who value and question language.""
-Kirkus Reviews

""Spoken Soul is a must read for anyone who is interested in the connection between language and identity.""
-Chicago Defender

Claude Brown called Black English ""Spoken Soul."" Toni Morrison said, ""It's a love, a passion. Its function is like a preacher's: to make you stand out of your seat, make you lose yourself and hear yourself. The worst of all possible things that could happen would be to lose that language.""

Now renowned linguist John R. Rickford and journalist Russell J. Rickford provide the definitive guide to African American vernacular English-from its origins and features to its powerful fascination for society at large.

Author: John Russell Rickford, Russell John Rickford
ISBN-10: 047132356X
ISBN-13: 9780471323563
Publisher: Trade Paper Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2000
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 6.40h x 9.30w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2000 pg. 107
Booklist 02/01/2000 pg. 1000
Ebony 07/01/2000 pg. 15

By John Russell Rickford
By John Russell Rickford
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JOHN R. RICFORD is Martin Luther King Jr. Centennial Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University. An internationally recognized authority on African American Vernacular English, he has published several books, scores of articles in scholarly journals, and articles in Discover magazine, among others. He has been quoted in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Jet, and USA Today and on ABC, NPR, and other television and radio stations.
RUSSEL J. RICKFORDussell is a freelance journalist and formerly a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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