02133nam a22003137a 4500 51332 51332 20190909153249.0 190625b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780812210514 :Atlantic Publishers & Distributors :7/22 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi :1097244 :17/06/19 427.973 LAB Labov, William Language in the inner city : studies in the Black English vernacular / William Labov Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1972. xxiv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. 1829 University of Pennsylvania Press conduct and communication series, 3. 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 logic of nonstandard English -- The relation of reading failure to peer-group status -- The linguistic consequences of being a lame -- Rules for ritual results -- The transformation of experience in narrative syntax Language in the Inner City firmly establishes African American Vernacular English not simply as slang but as a well-formed set of rules of pronunciation and grammar capable of conveying complex logic and reasoning. Studying not only the normal processes of communication in the inner city but such art forms as the ritual insult and ritualized narrative, Labov confirms the Black vernacular as a separate and independent dialect of English. His analysis goes on to clarify the nature and processes of linguistic change in the context of a changing society"--Jacket English languages Old English languages Black English. Urban dialects -- United States. Urban dialects. Noirs -- Langage. Discourse analysis Multicultural education -- United States. Labov, William BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2019-06-25 Atlantic Publishers & Distributors 1829.00 0 427.973 LAB 26404 2019-06-25 00:00:00 2019-06-25 BOOK