Speaking My Soul is the story of linguist John R. Rickford's life from his early years in Guyana to his status as Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Stanford. With a foreword by poet John Agard, this is key reading for students and faculty in linguistics, mixed-race studies, African American studies, and social justice.
Speaking My Soul is the story of linguist John R. Rickford's life from his early years in Guyana to his status as Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Stanford. With a foreword by poet John Agard, this is key reading for students and faculty in linguistics, mixed-race studies, African American studies, and social justice.
John Russell Rickford is a former president of the Linguistics Society of America. He was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Rickford is co-editor of African-American English, now available as a Routledge Linguistics Classic.
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List of Illustrations Foreword by John Agard Prologue: The gift of Stroke 1 Youngest of ten, and my monkey and rabbit 2 Forebears and cousins 3 Baby Wade, my mum 4 Siblings: Patricia(s) and Peter 5 Queen's College (my high school) 6 Friends and Girlfriends 7 Johnny and Johnny (Agard) and the police 8 Going to America 9 U of California, Santa Cruz & summer 1969 10 Forgive me, my son, Thank you my parents 11 How I fell in love with Linguistics & Black Talk 12 The Sea Islands: Dashiki in suitcase if required 13 Rosa Parks at Stanford 14 Stanford in Oxford: David Dabydeen & Dennis Brutus 15 African and African American Studies, Learning Expeditions, Kongo Cosmograms 16 Ebonics, Rachel Jeantel, Trayvon Martin, Black Lives Matter Epilogue: The gift of Love Index
List of Illustrations Foreword by John Agard Prologue: The gift of Stroke 1 Youngest of ten, and my monkey and rabbit 2 Forebears and cousins 3 Baby Wade, my mum 4 Siblings: Patricia(s) and Peter 5 Queen's College (my high school) 6 Friends and Girlfriends 7 Johnny and Johnny (Agard) and the police 8 Going to America 9 U of California, Santa Cruz & summer 1969 10 Forgive me, my son, Thank you my parents 11 How I fell in love with Linguistics & Black Talk 12 The Sea Islands: Dashiki in suitcase if required 13 Rosa Parks at Stanford 14 Stanford in Oxford: David Dabydeen & Dennis Brutus 15 African and African American Studies, Learning Expeditions, Kongo Cosmograms 16 Ebonics, Rachel Jeantel, Trayvon Martin, Black Lives Matter Epilogue: The gift of Love Index
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