Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca

It has now been almost fifty years since linguistic experts began studying Black English as a legitimate speech variety, arguing to the public that it is different from Standard English, not a degradation of it Yet false assumptions and controversies still swirl around what it means to speak and sound black In his first book devoted solely to the form, structure, and development of Black English, John McWhorter clearly explains its fundamentals and rich history, while carefully examining the cultural, educational, and political issues that have undermined recognition of this transformative, empowering dialect Talking Back, Talking Black takes us on a fascinating tour of a nuanced and complex language that has moved beyond America s borders to become a dynamic force for today s youth culture around the world.John McWhorter teaches linguistics, Western civilization, music history, and American studies at Columbia University A New York Times best selling author and TED speaker, he is a columnist for Time and regular contributor to the Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post His books on language include The Power of Babel, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue, What Language Is, The Language Hoax, and Words on the Move. Free Read Kindle ePUB Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca Author John McWhorter – kino-fada.fr I first fell in love with John McWhorter through his Great Courses series I listened to the audio as I weeded gardens, etc It blew me away that there are 6000 languages on Earth and that a relatively small percentage of them have a written form.From reading this I found that Americans look at Black English in a strange way rather than seeing it as the complicated dialect of English with its...In this fascinating book, linguist John McWhorter presents a compelling argument that the spoken language of the majority of black Americans is not a broken or error filled English, but is a separate dialect from what he terms Standard English Linguistic scholars currently refer to this dialect as African American Vernacular English, which is quite a mouthful and sounds very academic, so the author refers to it as Black English TALKING BACK TALKING BLACK, in an introduction and five chapters In this fascinating book, linguist John McWhorter presents a compelling argument that the spoken language of the majority of black Americans is not a broken or error filled English, but is a separate dialect from what he terms Standard English Linguistic scholars currently refer to this dialect as African American Vernacular English, which is quite a mouthful and sounds very academic, so the author refers to it as Black English TALKING BACK TALKING BLACK, in an introduction and five chapters totaling less than 200 pages , addresses many of the preconceptions of Black English, proposes a cultural and linguistic heritage for Black English, gives examples of the systematic grammar and speech patterns that qualify this as a distinct dialec...McWhorter spends about 85% of his words on complaining and arguing about the way Black English has been treated by the popular news and entertainment media If instead he had spent 85% of his words talking about the grammar and vocabulary of Black English, you might be reading a 4 star review.McWhorter is one of those writers who subscribe to the idea that before you tell the reader what the reader showed up to read, you ...A near perfect collection of linguistics essays about Black English Vernacular Whether he s talking about the origins of English or the use of texted lol as an empathy marker, John McWhorter is always insightful, thoughtful, and accessible He s also one of a very small number of linguists who can make you laugh out loud in a coffee shop Or, at least, he has that effect on me His essays showcase the history, depth, and complexity of a vibrant American dialect one that often gets A near perfect collection of linguistics essays about Black English Vernacular Whether he s talking about the origins of Englis...Short book about Black English, its complex rules, its history, how it varies from standard English, and why it s just as good as standard English Nearly all speakers of Black English know it isn t best for formal situations and are perfectly capable of switching to Standard English when required Also an interesting section about why the vocal timbre of white Americans tends to be different than African Americans, such that most of us can easily identify race over the phone even if there Short book about Black English, its complex...Is Ebonics a language It was popularized as a distinct language spoken by some American African Americans in the 1980 s and 90 s, yet another note in the culture symphony It s interesting, and ironically humorous that linguist John McWhorter refers to a Lingua Franca in the title of his book, not a language Lingua Franca means literally, French Language and connotes any universally understood tongue as French virtually was in Europe in the years around World War I That irony Is Ebonics a language It was popularized as a distinct language spoken by some American African Americans in the 1980 s and 90 s, yet another note in the culture symphony It s interesting, and ironically humorous that linguist John McWhorter refers to a Lingua Franca in the title of his book, not a language Lingua Franca means literally, French Language and connotes any universally understood tongue as French virtually was in E...Reallylike 3.5 starts.It s well written, but really short And despite being so short, it feels slightly padded Maybe it s best to think of it as a series of essaysthan a book His main point is that Black English or African American Vernacular English or Ebonics or whatever is a genuine language, with grammar rules and such It is not just a lazy or slangy version of standard English He makes an interesting and good analogy with Arabic, where there is a standard language Reallylike 3.5 starts.It s well written, but really short And despite being so short, it feels slightly padded Maybe it s best to think of it as a series of essaysthan a book His main point is that Black English or African American Vernacular English or Ebonics or whatever is a genuine language, with grammar rules and such It is not just a lazy or slangy version of standard English He makes an interesting and good analogy with Arabic, where there is a standard language throughout the Arab world, but the spoken language is quite different in Egypt, Morocco, Palestinian territory, etc He go...Linguistics for the people I really enjoyed this book, and I hate linguistics it opened my eyes to a way of speech and communication that I did find odd McWhorter does a great job explaining language and dialects via a case study on Black English.This is was really interesting I picked it up on a whim at the library I learned a lot about black English both the structure and the history I thought the comparisons to other countries were especially useful I d really like to dig deeper into this topic and how it s b...An impassioned argument for the acceptance, appreciation, and celebration of Black English, which is not simply broken English, but a legitimate English dialect John McWhorter lays out a solid case, relying on his own experience as well as a ton of linguistics scholarship, not only about Black English or African American Vernacular English but also standard languages and their informal dialects from around the globe Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic, Standard French and joual, Standard An impassioned argument for the acceptance, appreciation, and celebration of Black English, which is not simply broken English, but a legitimate English dialect John McWhorter lays out a solid case, relying on his own experience as well as a ton of linguistics scholarship, not only about Black English or African American Vernacular Eng...

• English
• 02 October 2018
John McWhorter
• Hardcover
• 192 pages
• 1942658206
• John McWhorter
• Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca