Background
Baugh, John was born on December 10, 1949 in Brooklyn. Son of John G. and Barbara G. Baugh.
( In the minds of many, black street speech—the urban dia...)
In the minds of many, black street speech—the urban dialect of black Americans—bespeaks illiteracy, poverty, and ignorance. John Baugh challenges those prejudices in this brilliant new inquiry into the history, linguistic structure, and survival within white society of black street speech. In doing so, he successfully integrates a scholarly respect for black English with a humanistic approach to language differences that weds rigor of research with a keen sense of social responsibility. Baugh's is the first book on black English that is based on a long-term study of adult speakers. Beginning in 1972, black men and women in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Austin, and Houston were repeatedly interviewed, in varied social settings, in order to determine the nature of their linguistic styles and the social circumstances where subtle changes in their speech appear. Baugh's work uncovered a far wider breadth of speaking styles among black Americans than among standard English speakers. Having detailed his findings, he explores their serious implications for the employability and education of black Americans. Black Street Speech is a work of enduring importance for educators, linguists, sociologists, scholars of black and urban studies, and all concerned with black English and its social consequences.
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researcher linguistics and anthropology educator
Baugh, John was born on December 10, 1949 in Brooklyn. Son of John G. and Barbara G. Baugh.
Bachelor of Arts, Temple University, 1972. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1976, Doctor of Philosophy, 1979. Trustee, Center Applied Linguistics, Washington, 1983-1986, vice chairman 1986.
Director Stanford Teacher Education Program.
Chairman American Linguistics Research Institute, Incorporated., Austin, Texas, 1985. Board directors George Washington Carver Museum, Austin.
Trustee Center Applied Linguistics, Washington, 1983—1986, vice chairman, since 1986. Director Stanford Teacher Education Program. Chairman American Linguistics Research Institute Inc., Austin, Texas, 1985.
Board directors George Washington Carver Museum, Austin.
( In the minds of many, black street speech—the urban dia...)
Member Linguistic Society American, American Dialect Society (president 1992-1994), American Anthropology Association, National Council Teachers of English, Congress for College Composition and Communication.
Married Charla Larrimore. Children: Chenoa Trout-Baugh, John Gordon VI, Ariél Elyse Baugh.