Dialect and Dichotomy – Literary Representations of African American Speech

Dialect and DichotomyLiterary Representations of African American Speech\nAuthor(s): Lisa Cohen Minnick\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817354237, 978-0817354237\nSynopsis\nApplies linguistics methods for a richer understanding of literary texts and spoken language.\nDialect and Dichotomy outlines the history of dialect writing in English and its influence on linguistic variation. It also surveys American dialect writing and its relationship to literary, linguistic, political, and cultural trends, with emphasis on African American voices in literature. \nFurthermore, this book introduces and critiques canonical works in literary dialect analysis and covers recent, innovative applications of linguistic analysis of literature. Next, it proposes theoretical principles and specific methods that can be implemented in order to analyse literary dialect for either linguistic or literary purp.