Rickford, John R., 1949-

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Name (Latin)
Rickford, John R., 1949-
Date of birth
1949-09-16
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Education
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Occupation
Authors
College teachers
Linguists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Language
English
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 8593408
Wikidata: Q6253992
Library of congress: n 79000149
HAI10: 000236443
Sources of Information
  • A festival of Guyanese words, 1978 (a.e.)
  • Creole genesis, attitudes and discourse, 1999:
  • Spoken soul, c2000:
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Wikipedia description:

John Russell Rickford (born September 16, 1949) is a Guyanese–American academic and author. Rickford is the J. E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Linguistics and the Humanities at Stanford University's Department of Linguistics and the Stanford Graduate School of Education, where he has taught since 1980. His book Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, which he wrote together with his son, Russell J. Rickford, won the American Book Award in 2000.

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