{"product_id":"9780631212454","title":"African American Vernacular English Features, Evolution, Educational Implications","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLanguage in Society\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAfrican American Vernacular English\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFeatures, Evolution, Educational Implications\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Russell Rickford\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn response to the flood of interest in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) following the recent controversy over \"Ebonics,\" this book brings together sixteen essays on the subject by a leading expert in the field, one who has been researching and writing on it for a quarter of a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn R. Rickford\u003c\/b\u003e is the Martin Luther King Centennial Professor of Linguistics and African and Afro-American Studies at Stanford University. He is also the Director of the thirty-year-old degree-granting Program in African and Afro-American Studies, and President of the International Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles, and several books, including \u003ci\u003eDimensions of a Creole Continuum\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), editor of \u003ci\u003eA Festival of Guyanese Words\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), \u003ci\u003eSociolinguistics and Pidgin-Creole Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAnalyzing Variation in Language\u003c\/i\u003e (1987).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 July 1999\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631212454\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e428\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310332670092,"sku":"9780631212454","price":66.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631212454_8ce902f8-8d31-4f14-b45f-6bb70c611ca3.jpg?v=1780185901","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780631212454","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}