John R. Rickford
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John R. Rickford is a prominent sociolinguist known for his influential work on varieties of English, especially African American Vernacular English and other ethnic dialects in the United States.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguist
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person → sociolinguist → university professor → |
| academicDegree |
B.A. in linguistics
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Ph.D. in linguistics → |
| awardReceived |
American Book Award for "Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English"
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Linguistic Society of America Linguistics, Language, and the Public Award → |
| citizenship | United States of America → |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Santa Cruz
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University of Pennsylvania → |
| employer | Stanford University → |
| familyName | Rickford → |
| fieldOfWork |
African American Vernacular English
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Creole linguistics → ethnic dialects of English → sociolinguistics → variationist sociolinguistics → |
| genre | academic writing → |
| givenName | John → |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | William Labov → |
| knownFor |
empirical studies of African American Vernacular English
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public scholarship on Black English → research on Creole continua in Guyana → work on the social and educational implications of dialect diversity → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| memberOf | Linguistic Society of America → |
| name | John R. Rickford → |
| nationality | United States of America → |
| notableWork |
African American Vernacular English
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surface form: "African American Vernacular English: Features, Evolution, Educational Implications"
Dimensions of a Creole Continuum → Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English → Variation, Versatility and Change in African American English → |
| occupation |
author
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researcher → university teacher → |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Program in African and Afro-American Studies at Stanford University
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J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Linguistics and the Humanities at Stanford University → President of the Linguistic Society of America → Professor of Education (by courtesy) at Stanford University → Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University → |
| researchInterest |
African American Vernacular English
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surface form: "African American English"
Atlantic English Creole →
surface form: "Caribbean English Creoles"
Creole continua → ethnographic sociolinguistics → language and education → language and inequality → |
| workInstitution | Stanford University Department of Linguistics → |
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