You Know My Steez: An Ethnographic and Sociolinguistic Study of Styleshifting in a Black American Speech Community (Publication of the American Dialect Society)

Focusing on the language and linguistic practices of students at Haven High School, an ethnically and linguistically diverse school, this text examines the internal linguistic constraints and the external social constraints that shape speech styles, particularly amongst Black male and female hip hoppers.H. Samy Alim is the author of 'You Know My Steez: An Ethnographic and Sociolinguistic Study of Styleshifting in a Black American Speech Community (Publication of the American Dialect Society)', published 2004 under ISBN 9780822366089 and ISBN 0822366088.