Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes Our Ideas About Race
by H. Samy Alim, John R. Rickford, Arnetha F. Ball
Raciolinguistics examines the powerful relationship between language and race. Drawing on an interdisciplinary perspective, H. Samy Alim, John R. Rickford, and Arnetha F. Ball explore how communication shapes racial ideas, identities, and social meaning, offering readers a framework for thinking critically about language and racialization.
About This Book
Raciolinguistics explores how language shapes ideas about race and how racial meanings influence the way language is understood.
Bringing together linguistics and the study of race, the book examines the relationship between communication, identity, and social interpretation.
Its interdisciplinary perspective provides a foundation for readers interested in language, racialization, and the ways people make meaning through speech and other forms of communication.
The work is authored by H. Samy Alim, John R. Rickford, and Arnetha F. Ball.
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