The African heritage of American English

Description:

"The African Heritage of American English provides a detailed compilation of Africanisms, identified linguistically, from a range of sources: folklore, place names, food culture, aesthetics, religion, loan words. Presenting a comprehensive accounting of African words retained from Bantu, Joseph Holloway and Winifred Vass examine the Bantu vocabulary content of the Gullah dialect of the Sea Islands; Black names in the United States; Africanisms of Bantu origin in Black English; Bantu place names in nine southern states; and Africanisms in contemporary American English. These linguistic retentions reflect the cultural patterns of groups imported to the United States, the subsequent dispersion of these groups, and their continuing influence on the shaping of American culture."--Jacket.

subjects: African,  African Americans,  African languages,  Americanisms,  Black English,  Dictionaries,  English language,  Foreign elements,  Influence on English,  Languages,  Noirs américains,  Anglais (Langue),  Langues africaines,  Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer,  Dictionnaires anglais,  Langues,  Black English (Dialecte),  Wörterbuch,  Amerikaans,  Influence sur l'anglais,  Idiotismes,  Emprunts africains,  Lehnwort,  Invloed,  Dictionnaires,  Afrikaanse talen,  Amerikanisches Englisch,  Afrikanische Sprachen,  African americans, languages,  English language, foreign words and phrases,  English language, dictionaries,  English language, united states,  Language

Places: United States