Books - - -

• Morgan, Marcyliena H. 2002. Language, Discourse, and Power in African American Culture. Cambridge [etc.]: Cambridge University Press.
• Mufwene, Salikoko S. 2007. African-American English: Structure, History and Use. London: Routledge.
• Mufwene, Salikoko S., and Nancy Condon. 1993. Africanisms in Afro-American Language Varieties. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
• Norment, Nathaniel. 2003. Readings in African American Language: Aspects, Features, and Perspectives. New York: Peter Lang.
• Rickford, John R., and Russell John Rickford. 2000. Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English. New York: Wiley.
• Rickford, John R. 1999. African American Vernacular English: Features, Evolution, Educational Implications. Malden, Mass: Blackwell.
• Widawski, Maciej. 2015. African American Slang: A Linguistic Description. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ebonics - - -

• Baugh, John. 1999. Out of the Mouths of Slaves: African American Language and Educationa Malpractice. Austin: University of Texas Press.
• Baugh, John. 2002. Beyond Ebonics: Linguistic Pride And Racial Prejudice. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Ramirez, J. David. 2005. Ebonics: The Urban Education Debate. Clevedon, Hants, England: Multilingual Matters.
• Smitherman G. 1977. Talkin [Sic] and Testifyin [Sic]: The Language of Black America. Detroit, Mich: Wayne State University Press.

The Gullah Language of South Carolina and Georgia - - -

      Books - - -

• Alexander, Leslie M., and Walter C. Rucker. 2010. Encyclopedia of African American History. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO.
• Turner, Lorenzo Dow, Michael Montgomery, and Katherine Wyly Mille. 2002. Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. Columbia: Univ. of South Carolina Press.

The Gullah Language Cont. - - -

     Websites - -

• Gullah Tours
• Gullah Net
• Gullah – Wikipedia

Videos - - -

• Beaufort History Moment: Gullah Language
• Code Switching 
• Daniel S. Ferguson - African-American Vernacular English: Language, Dialect Or Stigmatized English?
• Gullah Geechee Talk
• The Gullah Singers.wmv 
• Linguists on African American Language: John Baugh
• A Story told in the Traditional Gullah Language at African American Heritage Day

Websites - - - 

• African-American Linguists (AAL)
• American Varieties: African American English: Ebony + Phonics,” PBS
• Ebonics and African American Vernacular English Links
• John R. Rickford , “What is Ebonics (African American English)?,” Linguistic Society of America : Advancing the Scientific Study of Language.
• Linguistic Society of America: Advancing the Scientific Study of Language
• Writings on the “Ebonics” issue since December, 1996
• African American Vernacular English – Wikipedia
• Ebonics – Wikipedia

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