Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English

Target entity: Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English
Context triple: [John R. Rickford, notableWork, Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English]

• A. The Development of African American English
  "The Development of African American English" is a scholarly work that examines the historical origins, structural features, and sociolinguistic evolution of African American English.
• B. The Signifying Monkey
  The Signifying Monkey is a seminal scholarly work by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that analyzes African American literary theory and vernacular traditions through the lens of signifying and rhetorical play.
• C. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
  The Norton Anthology of African American Literature is a widely used scholarly collection that surveys and contextualizes major works by African American writers from the eighteenth century to the present.
• D. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
  "Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
• E. Black Atlantic
  Black Atlantic refers to the transnational cultural, historical, and political space shaped by the movements, experiences, and creative expressions of African-descended peoples across Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English
Target entity description: Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English is a book that explores the history, structure, and cultural significance of African American Vernacular English and argues for its legitimacy as a rich and expressive language variety.

• A. The Development of African American English
  "The Development of African American English" is a scholarly work that examines the historical origins, structural features, and sociolinguistic evolution of African American English.
• B. The Signifying Monkey
  The Signifying Monkey is a seminal scholarly work by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that analyzes African American literary theory and vernacular traditions through the lens of signifying and rhetorical play.
• C. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
  The Norton Anthology of African American Literature is a widely used scholarly collection that surveys and contextualizes major works by African American writers from the eighteenth century to the present.
• D. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
  "Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
• E. Black Atlantic
  Black Atlantic refers to the transnational cultural, historical, and political space shaped by the movements, experiences, and creative expressions of African-descended peoples across Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe.
• F. None of above. chosen