Arthur Spears

(PhD UCSD, 1977; Prof) Sociolinguistics, Pidgin and Creole languages, Haitian Creole, African-American English, language, race, and ideology ()

Website: www.arthurkspears.com

Selected Publications

• Black Language - The United States and the English-Speaking Caribbean: Education, History, Structure,
  and Use, Arthur K. Spears, ed.
• 2003 Black Linguistics: Language, Society and Politics in Africa and the Americas, Sinfree Makoni, Geneva Smitherman, Arthur K. Spears, and Arnetha F. Ball, eds. New York: Routledge.
• 2002 "Directness in the Use of African-American English,"
  pp. 239-259 in Sociocultural and Historical Contexts of African-American English, Sonja L. Lanehart, ed. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
• 2001 "Ebonics and African-American English," pp. 235-247 in Ebonics and Language Education of African Ancestry Students, Clinton Crawford, ed. New York: Sankofa World Publishers.
• 2001 Le Syst�me Aspecto-Temporal du Ste-Lucien ComparŽ ˆ Ceux de l'Ha•tien, du GuadeloupŽen et du Martiniquais. Etudes CrŽoles.
• 1999 "Race and Ideology: An Introduction," pp. 11-58 in Race and Ideology: Language, Symbolism, and Popular Culture, Arthur K. Spears, ed. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
• 1998 "African-American Language Use: Ideology and So-Called Obscenity," pp. 226-250 in African American English: Structure, History, and Usage, Salikoko S. Mufwene, John R. Rickford, Guy Bailey, and John Baugh, eds. Routledge.
• 1997 The Structure and Status of Pidgins and Creoles, Arthur K. Spears and Donald Winford, eds. Philadelphia and Amsterdam: John Benjamins Inc.

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