Description: Further DetailsTitle: Africanisms in the Gullah DialectCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackEAN: 9781570034527ISBN: 9781570034527Publisher: University of South Carolina PressRelease Date: 11/30/2001Description: A unique creole language spoken on the coastal islands and adjacent mainland of South Carolina and Georgia, Gullah existed as an isolated and largely ignored linguistic phenomenon until the publication of Lorenzo Dow Turner's landmark volume Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. In his classic treatise, Turner, the first professionally trained African American linguist, focused on a people whose language had long been misunderstood, lifted a shroud that had obscured the true history of Gullah, and demonstrated that it drew important linguistic features directly from the languages of West Africa. Initially published in 1949, this groundbreaking work of Afrocentric scholarship opened American minds to a little-known culture while initiating a means for the Gullah people to reclaim and value their past. The book presents a reference point for today's discussions about ever-present language varieties, Ebonics, and education, offering important reminders about the subtleties and power of racial and cultural prejudice. In their introduction to the volume, Katherine Wyly Mille and Michael B. Montgomery set the text in its sociolinguistic context, explore recent developments in the celebration of Gullah culture, and honor Turner with a recounting of his life and scholarly accomplishments.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USContributor: Lorenzo D. Turner (Edited by)Author: Lorenzo D. TurnerGenre: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Southern ClassicsISBN-10: 1570034524Item Length: 21mmItem Height: 234mmType: AnthropologyRelease Year: 2001 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect
Title: Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect
EAN: 9781570034527
ISBN: 9781570034527
Release Date: 11/30/2001
Release Year: 2001
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Lorenzo D. Turner (Edited by)
Genre: Language & Reference
ISBN-10: 1570034524
Item Height: 234mm
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect
Language: English
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2002
Subject: Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Linguistics / General
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Lorenzo D. Turner
Item Length: 9.1 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
Series: Southern Classics Ser.
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
