Analysis
LALALALA
Presentation2.pptxHistorical context
The Atlantic Slave Trade - Ted Ed
| Quick Timeline | |
| 1619 | First African Americans arrived (indentured servants) |
| 1793 | Cotton Gin |
| 1808 | Congress bans import of slaves |
| 1850 | Fugitive Slave Act |
| 1857 | Dred Scot v. Sanford (slaves are citizens) |
| 1861-1865 | Civil War |
| 1877 | Reconstruction (federal troops leave the south) |
| 1879 | Black Migration begins |
| 1881-1897 | "Jim Crow" laws passed |
| 1954 | Brown vs. Board of Education (segregation is unconstitutional) |
| 1964 | Civil Rights |
Language as a Construct of Culture
AA Language & Lit
2
Language Qualities & varieties
Socially constructed
Didactic
Multimodal
Stratifying
Subtextual/Connotative
-Pidgen-
-Creole-
-Dialect-
-Accent-
Wired 2017
3
Historical Language use in African American communities
Created as a response towards forced interaction/segregation.
Mixture of standard English and African grammatical structures.
Spoken with intent of survival, and later subversion/resistance.
-Smitheran
Origins of African American English
Linguistic currency/double voice
AAV Structure
Signification
Semantics
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1984 – Synopsis
Protagonist Winston Smith lives in a totalitarian government that is controlled in all aspects by a figurehead, Big Brother. His attempts to resist to this oppression by writing seditious ideas in a diary and starting a non-sanctioned affair with Julie. He is then captioned and rehabilitated. Ideas such as control through use of language, -"newspeak," "doublespeak"-, and the rewriting of history of those in power through the crushing of individuality are prominent throughout the story.
What are the qualities of his speaking pattern?
What is the purpose of education videos such as this?
Who is his audience?
Hurston
Brownies
Age of characters
Language use
Social
Expectations
Norms
Solidarity
ZZ Packer (Friday)
As you Read...
Characteristics of Negro Expression
Attitude towards subject
Author's purpose
Language characteristics
Quick Biography
Born 1891
Anthopological studies of African Americans
Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen
Author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
Proponent of classical education as a means of elevating the status of African Americans.
Alice Walker's "Looking for Zora Neale Hurston", 1975
Saving Face: a Game
Face Theory
Identity
Self esteem
Self Image
Personality
Likability
Acceptance
Volition
Wants
Needs
Rights
Freedom
Autonomy
African American Language
Dramatic expression
Descriptive language
Metaphor
Double description
Verbal nouns
Originality
Counter culture
Negro Expression
Performative Aspects of Language in the African American Community
- Smitheran
- Hurston
Grammar/Syntax
Semantics/Word Choice
Signification
Braggadocia
Call and Response
Code Switching
Legitimizing African American English
AAV Structure/Form
Accent (sound)
Grammar
Examples:
End Consonants
Omitted, pronounced differently
bath = baf
fast = fas
Examples:
is =
omitting, or used as a progressive
The most unique English dialect, yet is only one of many
Understood and spoken by native English speakers without regards to race
Integrated into our culture/current pop culture
Used to indicate a specific social group
Ever changing and adapting
Born 1872-1906 Dayton, Oh
Essayist/Poet
Used both African American dialect and standard English in his work.
AAV Lasting Impact
Oakland School Board Resolution, 1996
CNN
12 Words Black People Invented
Ingrained Bias
Misunderstandings
Historical Function
Cultural appropriation and misuse
What do the girls understand about words and language use.
How are the girls saving face? How does this change
What is the "terrible thing" in the world that Daphne learns at the end from her father?
How in the story is culture enacted through langauge.
Brownies – ZZ Packer
As you Read...
Next week:
Literature & Oral Tradition
"Renegade Poetry" - Excerpt
Evie Shockley
Gwendolyn Brooks
Toni Morrison
