Out of the Mouths of Slaves: African American Language and Educational Malpractice Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. 1	Orientation
1	Some Common Misconceptions about African American Vernacular English	3
2	Language and Race: Some Implications of Bias for Linguistic Science	7
Pt. 2	The Relevance of African American Vernacular English to Education and Social Policies
3	Why What Works Has Not Worked for Nontraditional Students	15
4	Reading, Writing, and Rap: Lyric Shuffle and Other Motivational Strategies to Introduce and Reinforce Literacy	31
5	Educational Malpractice and the Ebonics Controversy	41
6	Linguistic Discrimination and American Justice	67
Pt. 3	Cross-cultural Communication in Social Context
7	The Politics of Black Power Handshakes	79
8	Changing Terms of Self-reference among American Slave Descendants	86
Pt. 4	Linguistic Dimensions of African American Vernacular English
9	Steady: Progressive Aspect in African American Vernacular English	101
10	Come Again: Discourse Functions in African American Vernacular English	111
11	Hypocorrection: Mistakes in the Production of African American Vernacular English as a Second Dialect	123
12	Linguistic Perceptions in Black and White: Racial Identification Based on Speech	135
Pt. 5	Conclusion
13	Research Trends for African American Vernacular English: Anthropology, Education, and Linguistics	151
	Notes	163
	Glossary	167
	References	169
	Index	181