Language in African American Communities
In: Routledge Guides to Linguistics Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for English in the Continental U.S. -- 1 Talkin and Testifyin -- Introduction: My Subjectivities and Positionalities -- Name a Thing a Thing: About Definitions and Naming -- What to Expect -- Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry -- References -- Filmography -- Discography -- Digital Media -- 2 A Seat at the Table: What Are You Bringing to the Table Before We Even Get Started? -- Introduction: Real Talk -- Linguistic Prejudice -- Linguistic Shame and Denial -- Linguistic Pride and Acceptance -- Contradictions and All -- What You're Not Going to Do: Definitions, Naming, and Pet Peeves -- To HEL-or HEC-and Back: The Messiness of Having the Army and the Navy -- Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry -- References -- Filmography -- Discography -- Digital Media -- 3 "Put Some Respeck on My Name!": Language and Uses of Identity in African American Communities -- Introduction: How We Gon Play This? -- Who Do People Say That I Am? -- A Word on Ebonics -- What Does It Feel Like to Be a Problem? -- Say My Name! -- Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry -- References -- Filmography -- Digital Media -- 4 "Where Your People From?": Problematizing Origins and Development -- Introduction: Controversial History, Development, and Contested Origins -- The Deficit Hypothesis -- (Neo-)Anglicist and (Neo-)Creolist Origins Hypotheses -- Consensus Hypotheses: Substratist, Restructuralist, and Ecological -- The Divergence/Convergence Hypothesis -- My Conclusion: Periodt! -- Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry -- References -- Filmography -- Discography -- 5 What's Good?: A Concise Descriptivist Meta-Grammar of Language Use in African American Communities -- Introduction: We Bout to Ride Up on This Elephant.