PADS 89: You Know My Steez

[Grant Barrett]

For those of you who missed it:

The 2004 Publication of the American Dialect Society 89, "You Know My
Steez" (available as part of membership
<http://www.dukeupress.edu/americanspeech/> or as a stand-alone
purchase), is the culmination of nearly four years of direct study and
hands-on experience by a teacher-researcher and active community member
in the working-class suburb of Sunnyside, California. Focusing on the
language and linguistic practices of students at Haven High School, an
ethnically and linguistically diverse school, the author examines both
the internal linguistic constraints and the external social constraints
(race, gender, and cultural literacy, among others) that shape speech
styles, particularly among Black male and female hiphoppers.
Contributing to the development of a more refined methodological
approach to the study of linguistic styleshifting, the author
integrates the study of sociolinguistic variation, interactional
analysis (the use of discourse analysis to examine the implicit rules
and roles that govern social interaction), and ethnographic fieldwork
to develop a deeper understanding of how, when, and why speakers shift
their styles.

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Posted by Grant Barrett
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