Out of the Mouths of Slaves: African American Language and Educational Malpractice

Abstract

Foreword by William Labov Preface Acknowledgments Part 1. Orientation 1. Some Common Misconceptions about African American Vernacular English 2. Language and Race: Some Implications of Bias for Linguistic Science Part 2. The Relevance of African American Vernacular English to Education and Social Policies 3. Why What Works Has Not Worked for Nontraditional Students 4. Reading, Writing, and Rap: Lyric Shuffle and Other Motivational Strategies to Introduce and Reinforce Literacy 5. Educational Malpractice and the Ebonics Controversy 6. Linguistic Discrimination and American justice Part 3. Cross-cultural Communication in Social Context 7. The Politics of Black Power Handshakes 8. Changing Terms of Self-reference among American Slave Descendants Part 4. Linguistic Dimensions of African American Vernacular English 9. Steady: Progressive Aspect in African American Vernacular English 10. Come Again: Discourse Functions in African American Vernacular English 11. Hypocorrection: Mistakes in the Production of African American Vernacular English as a Second Dialect 12. Linguistic Perceptions in Black and White: Racial Identification Based on Speech Part 5. Conclusion 13. Research Trends for African American Vernacular English: Anthropology, Education, and Linguistics Notes Glossary References Index