Black English: Its History and Usage in the United States'An important, provocative study....Black English is not a sloppy imitation of white English, Dillard insists, but a precise language with a history and grammar of its own. A teacher of linguistics, he marshals an impressive--and often fascinating--case.'--Charles Michener, Newsweek |
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... white dialect writers to treat that " vast host " of Negroes who speak “ no special dialect at all , no idiom apart ... Southern white dialects . If they are to be left alone while Negro dialects are dissected historically , then the ...
... white dialect writers to treat that " vast host " of Negroes who speak “ no special dialect at all , no idiom apart ... Southern white dialects . If they are to be left alone while Negro dialects are dissected historically , then the ...
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... Southern white dialect , what indication is there that the oldest r belief of all about Southern dialect is after all the right one ? What t chance is there that the ever - present Negro had more influence on the speech of the Southern ...
... Southern white dialect , what indication is there that the oldest r belief of all about Southern dialect is after all the right one ? What t chance is there that the ever - present Negro had more influence on the speech of the Southern ...
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... Southern white dialect , the use of [ d ] and [ t ] for spelled th- initially ( them , think ) in the speech of uneducated Southern ( and Northern ) Negroes posed great problems . While the individual " substitutions " may be paralleled ...
... Southern white dialect , the use of [ d ] and [ t ] for spelled th- initially ( them , think ) in the speech of uneducated Southern ( and Northern ) Negroes posed great problems . While the individual " substitutions " may be paralleled ...
Contents
Black English and the Academic Establishment | 3 |
On the Structure of Black English | 39 |
A Sketch of the History of Black English | 89 |
Copyright | |
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