Welcome to the Rethinking Schools Archives and Website

Become a subscriber to read this article. Already a subscriber? Log in here.

Preview of Article:

Holding On To A Language of Our Own

An Interview with Linguist John Rickford

The noted scholar, who has studied the relation between language and culture for the past 25 years, answers questions about the development of African-American language and its connections to contemporary U.S. society.

To read the rest of this article:

Become a subscriber to read this article. Already a subscriber? Log in here.

Included in:

Volume 12, No.1

Fall 1997