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True to the Language Game: African American Discourse (ISBN 9780415887175) examines how language functions as a dynamic site of identity, power, and culture within African American communities, challenging conventional notions of communicative norms and linguistic authenticity. This work interrogates the interplay between speech, stance, and social context, offering a theoretical lens on discourse that remains deeply rooted in lived experience.

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The book surveys various modes of African American talk—from everyday conversational patterns to public rhetoric—and analyzes how speakers navigate systemically ingrained linguistic expectations while preserving cultural distinctiveness. Through close reading, it reveals the strategic choices, code-switching, and performance aspects that constitute discourse, illustrating how language both reflects and shapes social realities. Across its chapters, readers gain a nuanced understanding of how discourse operates as resistance, community-building, and intellectual inquiry.

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Keith Gilyard is a renowned scholar in rhetoric, linguistics, and Afro-American studies, whose work centers on language, literacy, and poetics within Black expressive cultures. With decades of influential scholarship, he explores how narrative, dialogue, and rhetoric illuminate identity, power, and community, making complex theoretical concepts accessible through careful analysis and thoughtful experimentation.

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The book reorients readers to the significance of discourse in African American life, offering a rigorous yet accessible account of how language acts as a site of meaning-making, resistance, and cultural sustenance.

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True to the Language Game: African American Discourse (ISBN 9780415887175) examines how language functions as a dynamic site of identity, power, and culture within African American communities, challenging conventional notions of communicative norms and linguistic authenticity. This work interrogates the interplay between speech, stance, and social context, offering a theoretical lens on discourse that remains deeply rooted in lived experience.

Summary

The book surveys various modes of African American talk—from everyday conversational patterns to public rhetoric—and analyzes how speakers navigate systemically ingrained linguistic expectations while preserving cultural distinctiveness. Through close reading, it reveals the strategic choices, code-switching, and performance aspects that constitute discourse, illustrating how language both reflects and shapes social realities. Across its chapters, readers gain a nuanced understanding of how discourse operates as resistance, community-building, and intellectual inquiry.

About the author

Keith Gilyard is a renowned scholar in rhetoric, linguistics, and Afro-American studies, whose work centers on language, literacy, and poetics within Black expressive cultures. With decades of influential scholarship, he explores how narrative, dialogue, and rhetoric illuminate identity, power, and community, making complex theoretical concepts accessible through careful analysis and thoughtful experimentation.

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The book reorients readers to the significance of discourse in African American life, offering a rigorous yet accessible account of how language acts as a site of meaning-making, resistance, and cultural sustenance.

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EAN (ISBN-13): 9780415887175
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0415887178
Paperback
Publishing year: 2011
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN & HALL
336 Pages
Language: eng/Englisch

Book in our database since 2012-07-17T01:53:17+01:00 (London)
Book found last time on 2025-12-08T21:37:45+00:00 (London)
ISBN/EAN: 9780415887175

ISBN - alternate spelling:
0-415-88717-8, 978-0-415-88717-5
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Book author: penn
Book title: language afric, language africa, langu, the african game, language and discourse

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