文档介绍：Black Linguistics
“This collection is one more step on the road toward the decolonization of Black
languages and Black thought.”
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Ngug1 wa Thiong’ o, University of California, Irvine, USA
Enslavement, forced migration, wars, and colonization have led to the global
dispersal of munities and to the fragmentation mon experi-
ences. These sociohistorical forces have impacted on language research and
issues in munities throughout the world.
This groundbreaking collection reorders the elitist and colonial elements of
language studies by drawing together the multiple perspectives of Black language
researchers. In so doing, the book recognizes and formalizes the existence of
“Black Linguistics” and highlights the contributions of Black language research-
ers in Africa and the Americas.
Written exclusively by Black scholars on behalf of (and occasionally in collabo-
ration with) munities, the book looks monalities and differences
among Black munities in Africa and the Diaspora. Topics include:
• linguistic profiling in the US
• language issues in Southern Africa and Francophone West Africa
• the language of the Rastafari in Jamaica
• language and society in Black America and the Caribbean
This is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the linguistic implications
of (neo)imperialism and enslavement.
Contributors: Hassana Alidou, H. Samy Alim, ha F. Ball, John Baugh, Awad
El Karim M. Ibrahim, Sinfree Makoni, Nkhelebeni Phaswana, Velma Pollard,
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Zaline M. Roy-Campbell, Donald Winford. Foreword by Ngug1 wa Thiong’ o.
Editors: Sinfree Makoni is Associate Professor in Linguistics and Applied
Language Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. Geneva Smitherman
is University Distinguished Professor of English at Michigan State Uni-
versity. ha F. Ball is Associate Professor of Education at Stanford
University. Arthur K. Spears, a linguist and anthropologist, is Professor and
Chair at the City University of New York.
BLACK LING