New Perspective For The Use of Dialect In African American Spirituals.

History, Context, and Linguistics. A history and careful examination of the use of the African American English dialect in the performance of the spiritual. The book includes details on sociolinguistics, performance practice, score analysis, current research, and more. With a foreword by André Thomas, preface, appendices, bibliography, and index. 10 figures. Many tables.

xxiii, 251 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 179363534X
ISBN13: 9781793635341