Exploring LanguageAddison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated, 1997 - Language Arts & Disciplines |
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... African - American ” —a name providing a sense of identity and self - worth . 4. Being outside the community about which she is writing requires Goodman to support her statements with evidence from African - Americans . In other words ...
... African - American ” —a name providing a sense of identity and self - worth . 4. Being outside the community about which she is writing requires Goodman to support her statements with evidence from African - Americans . In other words ...
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... African languages spoken by black men and women brought to America as slaves . Speech and grammar patterns of black English from early American to modern times can be traced back to these West African languages . 3. Smitherman ...
... African languages spoken by black men and women brought to America as slaves . Speech and grammar patterns of black English from early American to modern times can be traced back to these West African languages . 3. Smitherman ...
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... African identity , or even his personal habits ( whether he throws loud parties or pays his rent on time ) . Rather , she is concerned solely with the amount of pigmentation in his skin . By asking this question , and pursuing it ...
... African identity , or even his personal habits ( whether he throws loud parties or pays his rent on time ) . Rather , she is concerned solely with the amount of pigmentation in his skin . By asking this question , and pursuing it ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
SOME PERSONAL BEGINNINGS | 8 |
Talking in the New Land | 14 |
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