The African Heritage of American English - Rilegato

Holloway, Joseph E.; Vass, Winifred K.

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ISBN 10: 0253328381 ISBN 13: 9780253328380

Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 1993

Riassunto

The African Heritage of American English provides a detailed compilation of Africanisms, identified linguistically, from a range of sources: folklore, place names, food culture, aesthetics, religion, loan words. Presenting a comprehensive accounting of African words retained from Bantu, Joseph Holloway and Winifred Vass examine the Bantu vocabulary content of the Gullah dialect of the Sea Islands; Black names in the United States; Africanisms of Bantu origin in Black English; Bantu place names in nine southern states; and Africanisms in contemporary American English. These linguistic retentions reflect the cultural patterns of groups imported to the United States, the subsequent dispersion of these groups, and their continuing influence on the shaping of American culture.

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Book by Holloway Joseph E Vass Winifred K III

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• Editore: Indiana Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0253328381
• ISBN 13: 9780253328380
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240