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In Speaking Culturally Fern Johnson probes the rich cultural legacies and deep cultural dimensions underlying discourse in the United States. This culturally rich examination of discourse places the changing demographics of the United States in linguistic perspective and draws upon the author’s "language-centered perspective on culture" to illuminate the discourses associated with gender and with African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. Language is placed in the context of the histories, multiplicities, and cultural themes influencing its users.
African American Discourse in Cultural and Historical Context
African American Discourse in Cultural and Historical Context
Black Talk crosses boundaries—of sex, age, region, religion, social class—because the language comes from the same source: the African American Experience and the Oral Tradition embedded in that Experience. On one level, ...
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