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Geneva Smitherman, Word from the mother: Language and African Americans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2007

Dan Baumgardt
Dan Baumgardt
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English, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, [email protected]
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Geneva Smitherman, Word from the mother: Language and African Americans. New York: Routledge, 2006. Pp. xiii, 172. Hb $80.00.

Intended for specialists and general readers alike, this book draws upon linguistics and cultural studies to describe African American Language (AAL). Smitherman details the linguistic, cultural, and social forces AAL is both embedded in and embeds.

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Information
Language in Society , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , July 2007 , pp. 480 - 481
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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