Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English

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Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English is a book that explores the history, structure, and cultural significance of African American Vernacular English and argues for its legitimacy as a rich and expressive language variety.

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instanceOf book
linguistics book
non-fiction book
aimsTo challenge negative stereotypes about Black English
explain the linguistic rules of African American Vernacular English
highlight the cultural value of African American Vernacular English
argues African American Vernacular English
surface form: African American Vernacular English is a legitimate language variety

African American Vernacular English
surface form: African American Vernacular English is rich and expressive
author John Russell Rickford
Russell John Rickford
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
discusses oral traditions in African American communities
politics of language in education
relationship between African American Vernacular English and Standard American English
focusesOn cultural significance of African American Vernacular English
history of African American Vernacular English
structure of African American Vernacular English
genre cultural studies
linguistics
hasForm print
intendedAudience educators
general readers
students of linguistics
language English
mainSubject African American Vernacular English
African American Vernacular English
surface form: Black English

sociolinguistics
perspective descriptive linguistics
relatedTo African-American culture
surface form: African American culture

Black American history
relatedWork studies of African American Vernacular English by William Labov
subjectOf discussions of African American Vernacular English in sociolinguistics
supportsView African American Vernacular English has systematic grammar
African American Vernacular English
surface form: African American Vernacular English is not broken English
timePeriodDiscussed 20th century United States
post–Civil Rights era language debates
topic dialect prejudice
language and identity
language variation
race and language in the United States

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John R. Rickford notableWork Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English
American Book Award for "Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English" awardedFor Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English