Word from the Mother

Name: Word from the Mother
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Word from the MotherLanguage and African Americans\nAuthor(s): Geneva Smitherman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032079998, 978-1032079998\nSynopsis\nThis classic text by Geneva Smitherman, pioneering scholar of Black Talk, is a definitive statement on African American Language (AAL). Enriched by her inimitable writing style, the book outlines past debates on the speech of African Americans and provides a vision for the future. As global manifestations of AAL increase, she argues that we must broaden our conception of the language and its speakers, and further examine the implications of gender, age and class on AAL. Perhaps most of all we must appreciate the \""artistic and linguistic genius\"" of AAL, from Hip Hop lyrics to the rhyme and rhetoric of the broader Black speech community. \n\nSmitherman explores AAL's contribution to American English, includes a summary of expressions as a suggested linguistic core.