"Page-Barbour lectures for 2009" Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-164) and index.
Contents:
About language and language change -- A hidden consensus -- Hidden diversity -- The growing divergence of black and white English -- The politics of African American English -- Language change as local politics -- The political ideology of the northern cities shift -- Putting it all together -- Appendix: Summary statement on African American vernacular English.
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