Publications

Publication details [#47463]

Hewitt, Roger. 1986. White Talk, Black Talk. Inter-racial Friendship and Communication amongst Adolescents. Cambridge University Press. 264 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

adolescent | language and culture | racism | vernacular | youth

Language as a subject

Creole, London Jamaican

Annotation

This study explores the strategies subverting or encouraging racism within adolescent communities, by analyzing the sociolinguistic influence of young black Londoners' "London Jamaican" creole speech on the language and culture of young white Londoners.