Market rhetoric and the ebonics debate

Written Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 472-501

  Longaker, Mark Garrett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebonics; Kenneth Burke; Rhetorical analysis; Writing pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444501746     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088305279954     Document Type: Article

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