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Publication details [#47726]

Pandey, Anita. 2005. A Cyber Step Show: E-Discourse and Literacy at an HBCU. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 2 (1) : 35–70.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | e-mail communication | language variety | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

English, African American Vernacular | English, American

Place, Publisher

Erlbaum

Annotation

This paper explores code-switching between Standard American English and Black English Vernacular at an American Historically Black College and University (HBCU). It examines in particular the purposeful usage of Black English Vernacular in student's computer-mediated e-negotiations, considering this secondary literacy as a symbol of language identity.