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This book brings together 11 transcripts of mechanical recordings of interviews with former slaves born well over a century ago. It attempts to make this crucial source of data as widely known as possible and to explore its importance for the study of Black English Vernacular in view of various problems of textual composition and interpretation. It does so by providing a complete description of the contents of the recordings, by providing transcripts of most of the contents, and by publishing a group of interpretive essays which examine the data in the light of other relevant historical, cultural, social, and linguistic evidence and which provide contexts for interpretation and analysis. In these essays a group of diverse scholars on BEV analyze the same texts for the first time; the lack of consensus that emerges may seem surprising, but in fact highlights some of the basic problems of textual composition and interpretation and of scholarly dispositions that underlie the study of BEV. 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This book brings together 11 transcripts of mechanical recordings of interviews with former slaves born well over a century ago. It attempts to make this crucial source of data as widely known as possible and to explore its importance for the study of Black English Vernacular in view of various problems of textual composition and interpretation. It does so by providing a complete description of the contents of the recordings, by providing transcripts of most of the contents, and by publishing a group of interpretive essays which examine the data in the light of other relevant historical, cultural, social, and linguistic evidence and which provide contexts for interpretation and analysis. In these essays a group of diverse scholars on BEV analyze the same texts for the first time; the lack of consensus that emerges may seem surprising, but in fact highlights some of the basic problems of textual composition and interpretation and of scholarly dispositions that underlie the study of BEV. 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This book brings together 11 transcripts of mechanical recordings of interviews with former slaves born well over a century ago. It attempts to make this crucial source of data as widely known as possible and to explore its importance for the study of Black English Vernacular in view of various problems of textual composition and interpretation. It does so by providing a complete description of the contents of the recordings, by providing transcripts of most of the contents, and by publishing a group of interpretive essays which examine the data in the light of other relevant historical, cultural, social, and linguistic evidence and which provide contexts for interpretation and analysis. In these essays a group of diverse scholars on BEV analyze the same texts for the first time; the lack of consensus that emerges may seem surprising, but in fact highlights some of the basic problems of textual composition and interpretation and of scholarly dispositions that underlie the study of BEV. 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This book brings together 11 transcripts of mechanical recordings of interviews with former slaves born well over a century ago. It attempts to make this crucial source of data as widely known as possible and to explore its importance for the study of Black English Vernacular in view of various problems of textual composition and interpretation. It does so by providing a complete description of the contents of the recordings, by providing transcripts of most of the contents, and by publishing a group of interpretive essays which examine the data in the light of other relevant historical, cultural, social, and linguistic evidence and which provide contexts for interpretation and analysis. 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Tagliamonte 10 01 JB code cll.8.14app 327 1 Miscellaneous 14 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Appendix</TitleText> 10 01 JB code cll.8.15bib 331 1 Miscellaneous 15 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Bibliography</TitleText> 10 01 JB code cll.8.16lis 351 1 Miscellaneous 16 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">List of Contributors</TitleText> 02 JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia NL 04 19910410 1991 John Benjamins 04 US CA MX 01 240 mm 02 160 mm 08 500 gr 01 JB 1 John Benjamins Publishing Company +31 20 6304747 +31 20 6739773 bookorder@benjamins.nl 01 https://benjamins.com 01 WORLD US CA MX 21 6 18 01 02 JB 1 00 36.00 EUR R 02 02 JB 1 00 38.16 EUR R 01 JB 10 bebc +44 1202 712 934 +44 1202 712 913 sales@bebc.co.uk 03 GB 21 18 02 02 JB 1 00 30.00 GBP Z 254 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code CLL 8 Pb 15 9781556191633 13 91013319 BC 01 CLL 02 0920-9026 Creole Language Library 8 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The Emergence of Black English</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">Emergence of Black English</TitleWithoutPrefix> <Subtitle textformat="02">Text and commentary</Subtitle> 01 cll.8 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/cll.8 1 B01 Guy Bailey Bailey, Guy Guy Bailey Oklahoma State Univ. 2 B01 Natalie Maynor Maynor, Natalie Natalie Maynor Mississippi State Univ. 3 B01 Patricia Cukor-Avila Cukor-Avila, Patricia Patricia Cukor-Avila University of Houston 01 eng 362 x 352 LAN009000 v.2006 CF 2 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.CONT Contact Linguistics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.CREO Creole studies 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.ENG English linguistics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.GERM Germanic linguistics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.SOCIO Sociolinguistics and Dialectology 05 06 01 Debate over the evolution of Black English Vernacular (BEV) has permeated Afro-American studies, creole linguistics, dialectology, and sociolinguistics for a quarter of a century with little sign of a satisfactory resolution, primarily because evidence that bears directly on the earlier stages of BEV is sparse. This book brings together 11 transcripts of mechanical recordings of interviews with former slaves born well over a century ago. It attempts to make this crucial source of data as widely known as possible and to explore its importance for the study of Black English Vernacular in view of various problems of textual composition and interpretation. It does so by providing a complete description of the contents of the recordings, by providing transcripts of most of the contents, and by publishing a group of interpretive essays which examine the data in the light of other relevant historical, cultural, social, and linguistic evidence and which provide contexts for interpretation and analysis. In these essays a group of diverse scholars on BEV analyze the same texts for the first time; the lack of consensus that emerges may seem surprising, but in fact highlights some of the basic problems of textual composition and interpretation and of scholarly dispositions that underlie the study of BEV. The papers raise crucial questions about the evolution of BEV, about its relationship to other varieties, and, most important, about the construction and interpretation of linguistic texts. 04 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/cll.8.png 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027252289.jpg 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027252289.tif 06 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/cll.8.pb.png 07 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/cll.8.png 25 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/cll.8.pb.png 27 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/cll.8.pb.png 10 01 JB code cll.8.01pre ix 1 Miscellaneous 1 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Preface</TitleText> 10 01 JB code cll.8.02int 1 1 Miscellaneous 2 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Introduction</TitleText> 10 01 JB code cll.8.03tex 23 1 Chapter 3 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">1. Texts</TitleText> 10 01 JB code cll.8.04com Chapter 4 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">2. Commentary</TitleText> 10 01 JB code cll.8.05esc 123 1 Article 5 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Speaking of Slavery</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The Historical Value of the Recordings with Former Slaves</Subtitle> 1 A01 Paul D. Escott Escott, Paul D. Paul D. Escott 10 01 JB code cll.8.06gra 133 1 Article 6 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Slave Narratives, Slave Culture, and the Slave Experience</TitleText> 1 A01 Joe Graham Graham, Joe Joe Graham 10 01 JB code cll.8.07bre 155 1 Article 7 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Songs, Sermons, and Life Stories</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The Legacy of the Ex-Slave Narratives</Subtitle> 1 A01 Jeutonne P. Brewer Brewer, Jeutonne P. Jeutonne P. Brewer 10 01 JB code cll.8.08mon 173 1 Article 8 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The Linguistic Value of the Ex-Slave Recordings</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">Linguistic Value of the Ex-Slave Recordings</TitleWithoutPrefix> 1 A01 Michael Montgomery Montgomery, Michael Michael Montgomery 10 01 JB code cll.8.09ric 191 1 Article 9 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Representativeness and Reliability of the Ex-Slave Materials, With Special Reference to Wallace Quarterman&#8217;s Recording and Transcript</TitleText> 1 A01 John R. Rickford Rickford, John R. John R. Rickford 10 01 JB code cll.8.10muf 213 1 Article 10 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Is Gullah Decreolizing? A Comparison of a Speech Sample of the 1930s with a Sample of the 1980s</TitleText> 1 A01 Salikoko S. Mufwene Mufwene, Salikoko S. Salikoko S. Mufwene 10 01 JB code cll.8.11hol 231 1 Article 11 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The Atlantic Creoles and the Language of the Ex-Slave Recordings</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">Atlantic Creoles and the Language of the Ex-Slave Recordings</TitleWithoutPrefix> 1 A01 John Holm Holm, John John Holm 10 01 JB code cll.8.12sin 249 1 Article 12 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Liberian Settler English and the Ex-Slave Recordings</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">A Comprative Study</Subtitle> 1 A01 John Victor Singler Singler, John Victor John Victor Singler 10 01 JB code cll.8.13pop 275 1 Article 13 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">There&#8217;s No Tense Like the Present</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Verbal &#8212; S Inflection in Early Black English</Subtitle> 1 A01 Shana Poplack Poplack, Shana Shana Poplack 2 A01 Sali A. Tagliamonte Tagliamonte, Sali A. Sali A. Tagliamonte 10 01 JB code cll.8.14app 327 1 Miscellaneous 14 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Appendix</TitleText> 10 01 JB code cll.8.15bib 331 1 Miscellaneous 15 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Bibliography</TitleText> 10 01 JB code cll.8.16lis 351 1 Miscellaneous 16 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">List of Contributors</TitleText> 02 JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia NL 04 19910410 1991 John Benjamins 02 US CA MX 01 240 mm 02 160 mm 08 500 gr 01 JB 2 John Benjamins North America +1 800 562-5666 +1 703 661-1501 benjamins@presswarehouse.com 01 https://benjamins.com 01 US CA MX 21 2 18 01 gen 02 JB 1 00 54.00 USD