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Dialect and dichotomy [[electronic resource] ] : literary representations of African American speech / / Lisa Cohen Minnick



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Autore: Minnick Lisa Cohen Visualizza persona
Titolo: Dialect and dichotomy [[electronic resource] ] : literary representations of African American speech / / Lisa Cohen Minnick Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, Al. ; ; [Great Britain], : University of Alabama Press, 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 810.9/975
810.9896073
810.9975
Soggetto topico: American literature - African American authors - History and criticism
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism
American literature - White authors - History and criticism
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Dialect literature, American - History and criticism
English language - Spoken English - United States
English language - Dialects - United States
African Americans - Intellectual life
African Americans in literature
African Americans - Languages
Black English in literature
Americanisms in literature
Speech in literature
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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. Nex
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ISBN: 0-8173-8015-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454726603321
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