Talkin That Talk: Language, Culture and Education in African America

by Geneva Smitherman

Book Overview

A highly readable collection of key articles and essays by a leading scholar on African American language and politics. Discussing the inter-relationship between African American language, culture and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415208653
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 1.1" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Explains that English is more than just words in a dictionary

I checked this book out of a library to do a report and found a wealth of information on communication, culture, the history of English and how languages change over time.