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Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect
Lorenzo D. . Ed(S): Turner
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Paperback. This text presents a reference point for today's discussions about ever-present language varieties, Ebonics, and education, offering important reminders about the subtleties and power of racial and cultural predjudice. The introduction places the work in its sociolinguistic context. Editor(s): Turner, Lorenzo D. Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 1KBBFS; 2AB; 2H; 2ZP; CFB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
A unique creole language spoken on the coastal islands and adjacent mainland of South Carolina and Georgia, Gullah existed as an isolated and largely ignored linguistic phenomenon until the publication of Lorenzo Dow Turner's landmark volume Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. In his classic treatise, Turner, the first professionally trained African American linguist, focused on a people whose language had long been misunderstood, lifted a shroud that had obscured the true history of Gullah, and demonstrated that it drew important linguistic features directly from the languages of West Africa. Initially published in 1949, this groundbreaking work of Afrocentric scholarship opened ... Read more
A unique creole language spoken on the coastal islands and adjacent mainland of South Carolina and Georgia, Gullah existed as an isolated and largely ignored linguistic phenomenon until the publication of Lorenzo Dow Turner's landmark volume Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. In his classic treatise, Turner, the first professionally trained African American linguist, focused on a people whose language had long been misunderstood, lifted a shroud that had obscured the true history of Gullah, and demonstrated that it drew important linguistic features directly from the languages of West Africa. Initially published in 1949, this groundbreaking work of Afrocentric scholarship opened ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Southern Classics
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570034527
SKU
V9781570034527
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About Lorenzo D. . Ed(S): Turner
LORENZO DOW TURNER (1895-1972) was a professor of English and linguistics and a pioneer in the study of African contributions to global culture. Among his many achievements, he was the first full-time African American professor at Roosevelt College in Chicago, held a Fulbright lectureship to Nigeria, conducted extensive linguistic fieldwork in African countries, and helped to establish Peace Corps programs ... Read more
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