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Title: Beyond ebonics : linguistic pride and racial prejudice / John Baugh.
Author: Baugh, John, 1949-
General Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index.
Linguistic pride and racial prejudice -- Ebonic genesis -- A contentious global debut -- Oakland's Ebonics resolutions -- Legislative lament -- Legal implications -- Disparate theoretical foundations -- Racist reactions and Ebonics satire -- Beyond Ebonics: striving toward enhanced linguistic tolerance -- Appendixes. Linguistic Society of America resolution on the Oakland "Ebonics" issue ; Texas 75th Legislature, regular session: House resolution 28 ; California 1997-98 regular session: Senate Bill 205.
"This book avoids technical linguistic jargon in favor of a dispassionate survey spanning from Ebonics' birth to its hostile reception by the overwhelming majority of people who repudiated the term. Baugh's investigation exposes flaws in competing definitions of Ebonics, as well as racial tensions that flared throughout this controversy. Baugh traces Ebonics from its obscure origin through its eventual public demise, considering a host of legal, educational, and theoretical issues that still linger as part of the quest for racial reconciliation. This depiction of Ebonics dispels linguistic myths with previously untold facts that will be of considerable interest to linguists, educators, scholars, and legislatures, as well as the general public."--BOOK JACKET.

Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Publication Place: Oxford : New York ;
ISBN: 0195120469 (acid-free paper)
9780195120462 (acid-free paper)
9780195152890
0195152891
Subject: BLACK ENGLISH.
English language -- Social aspects -- United States.
English language -- United States -- Foreign elements -- African.
African languages -- Influence on English.
Language and culture -- United States.
Slaves -- United States -- Languages.
AFRICAN AMERICANS -- LANGUAGES.
Negers.
Amerikaans.
Dialecten.
Vooroordelen.
African Americans -- Languages.
African languages -- Influence on English.
Black English.
English language -- Foreign elements -- African.
English language -- Social aspects.
Language and culture.
Slaves -- Languages.
United States.
Contents: Linguistic pride and racial prejudice -- Ebonic genesis -- A contentious global debut -- Oakland's Ebonics resolutions -- Legislative lament -- Legal implications -- Disparate theoretical foundations -- Racist reactions and Ebonics satire -- Beyond Ebonics: striving toward enhanced linguistic tolerance -- Appendixes. Linguistic Society of America resolution on the Oakland "Ebonics" issue ; Texas 75th Legislature, regular session: House resolution 28 ; California 1997-98 regular session: Senate Bill 205.

Physical Description: xx, 149 p. : ill. ;

Location/SubLocation: HU /HU_MAIN
Electronic Location: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0602/99016833-d.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0602/99016833-t.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/99016833-b.html

Publication Date: c2000.

	Agency:	Collection:	Call No.:	Item Type:	Status:	Copy:	Barcode:	Media Type:
	Hashemite Main Library	General	427.97308996073 B 346	Normal Circulation	Available	1	HU281937	Book