Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States

In Speaking Culturally Fern Johnson probes the rich cultural legacies and deep cultural dimensions underlying discourse in the United States. This culturally rich examination of discourse places the changing demographics of the United States in linguistic perspective and draws upon the author's "language-centered perspective on culture" to illuminate the discourses associated with gender and with African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. Language is placed in the context of the histories, multiplicities, and cultural themes influencing its users.Fern L. Johnson is the author of 'Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States', published 1999 under ISBN 9780803959118 and ISBN 0803959117.