Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths about America's Lingua Franca (Hardcover)

from VictoriaBrodersen

If you don't recall the difference between pronouns and adjectives from middle school you may find this short, intriguing book to be lacking in basic background knowledge. It does assume a certain level of familiarity with the structure of the English langauge and attempts to build upon that towa...

from sweyenberg

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program. I'm very interested in linguistics, so I was quite excited to get started on this book. And it didn't disappoint me at all. It offered a lot of insight into what he often calls B...

from lorax

As a Black linguist, John McWhorter is ideally suited to write a book about "Black English", as he refers to what is more technically known as "African-American Vernacular English". In this slim volume, McWhorter manages to cover common misconceptions about this dialect (such as the common and en...

from steve02476

Short book about Black English, its complex rules, its history, how it varies from standard English, and why it's just as "good" as standard English. Nearly all speakers of Black English know it isn't best for formal situations and are perfectly capable of switching to Standard English when requi...