04228nam 2200901Ia 450 991081469080332120200520144314.00-8173-8015-9(CKB)1000000000774975(EBL)454573(OCoLC)427561106(SSID)ssj0000358851(PQKBManifestationID)11278912(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358851(PQKBWorkID)10378907(PQKB)10618113(SSID)ssj0000138336(PQKBManifestationID)11148262(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138336(PQKBWorkID)10096610(PQKB)10913370(MdBmJHUP)muse8625(Au-PeEL)EBL454573(CaPaEBR)ebr10309016(MiAaPQ)EBC454573(EXLCZ)99100000000077497520040113d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDialect and dichotomy[electronic resource] literary representations of African American speech /Lisa Cohen MinnickTuscaloosa, Al. ;[Great Britain] University of Alabama Press20041 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5423-9 0-8173-1399-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index.A Brief History of American literary dialect -- Linguists, literary critics, and literary dialect -- Methodology -- Articulating Jim: language and characterization in Huckleberry Finn -- "A high, holy purpose": dialect in Charles W. Chesnutt's conjure tales -- Representations of speech and attitudes about race in the sound and the fury -- Community in conflict: saying and doing in their eyes were watching god. Applies linguistics methods for a richer understanding of literary texts and spoken language. Dialect and Dichotomy outlines the history of dialect writing in English and its influence on linguistic variation. It also surveys American dialect writing and its relationship to literary, linguistic, political, and cultural trends, with emphasis on African American voices in literature. Furthermore, this book introduces and critiques canonical works in literary dialect analysis and covers recent, innovative applications of linguistic analysis of literature. NexAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literatureSouthern StatesHistory and criticismAmerican literatureWhite authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismDialect literature, AmericanHistory and criticismEnglish languageSpoken EnglishUnited StatesEnglish languageDialectsUnited StatesAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican Americans in literatureAfrican AmericansLanguagesBlack English in literatureAmericanisms in literatureSpeech in literatureAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureHistory and criticism.American literatureWhite authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureHistory and criticism.Dialect literature, AmericanHistory and criticism.English languageSpoken EnglishEnglish languageDialectsAfrican AmericansIntellectual life.African Americans in literature.African AmericansLanguages.Black English in literature.Americanisms in literature.Speech in literature.810.9/975810.9896073810.9975Minnick Lisa Cohen1593481MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814690803321Dialect and dichotomy3913639UNINA