Anthropology 2245F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: B-Boying, Paralanguage, General Idea
1 Mar 2017
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Monday, march 14, 2016 language, race & ethnicity race/ethnicity. Cultural constructs that must be understood in context: Race is a social construct produced by the dominant group in society and their power to de ne. The primary indicator (in our society) is skin colour. Socialization - where one grew up etc. Suite for ebony and phonics (rickford 1997) Ebonics as a variety, but also marked for class and place. Ebonics (a mixture of ebony and phonics) is the same as african american vernacular english. Ebonics is a dialect since it shares most of its vocabulary and features with other informal english varieties and its speakers can understand, and be understood by, other english dialect speakers. Slang refers only to a small set of informal words used by young speakers of a language that is not part of the main vocabulary. however, ebonics has non-slang words as well as some distinct pronunciations and syntax.
