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The Hidden Stories of African American English with Dr. Sonja Lanehart

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

CHAPTER

Sources for Project on African American English

The chapter explores various sources like African-American newspapers, literary history, Zora Neale Hurston, hip-hop, and rap, providing insights into African American language usage. It highlights the significance of black newspapers and magazines like Freedom's Journal and the Chicago Defender in covering news about black communities. The chapter also details the process of creating a dictionary of African American English, from semantic categories to deciding on spelling variations, and discusses the potential uses and impact of such a dictionary.

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