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Publication details [#61742]

Delfino, Jennifer B. 2016. Fighting words? Joning as conflict talk and identity performance among African American preadolescents. Journal of Sociolinguistics 20 (5) : 631–653.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell

Annotation

Centering on preadolescence as vital language socialization phase, it is shown how African American Vernacular English minority students alter peer-learned playful 'joning' conflict talk to build classroom identities and linguistic practices to emulate academic achievement by themselves.