Language in the inner city ; studies in the Black English vernacular.
- xxiv, 412 p. illus. 24 cm.
Bibliography: p. 397-405.
List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- The Structure of the Black English Vernacular -- Some Sources of Reading Problems for Speakers of the Black English Vernacular -- Is the Black English Vernacular a Separate System? -- Contraction, Deletion, and Inherent Variability of the English Copula -- Negative Attraction and Negative Concord -- The Vernacular in Its Social Setting -- The Logic of Nonstandard English -- The Relation of Reading Failure to Peer-Group Status -- The Linguistic Consequences of Being a Lame -- The Uses of the Black English Vernacular -- Rules for Ritual Insults -- The Transformation of Experience in Narrative Syntax -- Bibliography -- Index. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Pt. II. 5. 6. 7. Pt. III. 8. 9.
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