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Tables of Contents for The Skin That We Speak
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xiii
Part One: Language and Identity
Ovuh Dyuh
3
12
Ebonics: A Case History
15
16
Part Two: Language in the Classroom
No Kinda Sense
31
18
Trilingualism
49
14
Some Basic Sociolinguistic Concepts
63
24
Language, Culture, and the Assessment of African American Children
87
20
I ain't writin' nuttin': Permissions to Fail and Demands to Succeed in Urban Classrooms
107
14
``...As Soon As She Opened Her Mouth!'': Issues of Language, Literacy, and Power
121
24
Part Three: Teacher Knowledge
Topsy-Turvies: Teacher Talk and Student Talk
145
18
Toward a National Public Policy on Language
163
16
The Clash of ``Common Senses'': Two African American Women Become Teachers
179
24
``We don't talk right. You ask him.''
203
18
Appendix: Linguistic Society of America Resolution on the Oakland ``Ebonics'' Issue
221