The Emergence of Black English : text and commentary
Debate over the evolution of Black English Vernacular (BEV) has permeated Afro-American studies, creole linguistics, dialectology, and sociolinguistics for a quarter of a century with little sign of a satisfactory resolution, primarily because evidence that bears directly on the earlier stages of BEV is sparse. This book brings together 11 transcripts of mechanical recordings of interviews with former slaves born well over a century ago. It attempts to make this crucial source of data as widely known as possible and to explore its importance for the study of Black English Vernacular in view of
Creole language library, v. 8
History
1 online resource (x, 352 pages) : illustrations
9789027277831, 9781283328197, 9786613328199, 9027277834, 1283328194, 6613328197
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Speaking of slavery: the historical value of the recordings with slaves / Paul D. Escott
Slave narratives, slave culture, and the slave experience / Joe Graham
Song, sermons, and life stories: the legacy of the ex-slave narratives / Jeutonne P. Brewer
The linguistic value of the ex-slave recordings / Michael Montgomery
Representativeness and reliability of the ex-slave materials, with special reference to Wallace Quarterman's recording and transcript / John R. Rickford
Is Gullah decreolizing? a comparison of a speech sample of the 1930s with a sample of the 1980s / Salikoko S. Mufwene
The Atlantic Creoles and the language of the ex-slave recordings / John Holm
Liberian settler English and the ex-slave recordings: a comparative study / John Victor Singler
There's no tense like the present: verbal -S inflection in early black English / Shana Poplack, Sali Tagliamonte
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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