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Linguistic Folklore

Linguistic Folklore is a scholarly construct within African American Folklore that comprises the orally transmitted traditions, expressive language practices, and vernacular speech forms—including narratives, idioms, proverbs, and call-and-response patterns—through which African American cultural values, historical experiences, and communal identities are preserved and conveyed.

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57

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8

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2017–2026

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Publications

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From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers

JoAnn Conrad · Journal of American Folklore · 1999 · 550 citations

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Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology.

Gunter Senft, Zdeněk Salzmann · Man · 1994 · 165 citations

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Sociolinguistic Folklore in the Study of African American English

Walt Wolfram · Language and Linguistics Compass · 2007 · 133 citations

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Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel: Readings in the Interpretation of Afro-American Folklore

Stephen Stern, Alan Dundes · Western Folklore · 1973 · 130 citations

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The Masai, their Language and Folklore

African Affairs · 1905 · 77 citations

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Authors

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    Dan Ben‐Amos

    California University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 21 citations

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    John Michael Vlach

    George Washington University, United States

    2 publications · 91 citations

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  3. TO
    Thomas Owen Eisemon

    McGill University, Canada

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. JV
    Jan Vansina

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    1 publications · 69 citations

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  5. NM
    Nada Milošević

    Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Serbia

    1 publications · 15 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  2. Dowling College

    Oakdale, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  3. William & Mary

    Williamsburg, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  4. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    133 citations

  5. Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

    Villetaneuse, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  6. Fairview Southdale Hospital

    Edina, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  7. University of Bradford

    Bradford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 8 publications · 727 citations

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  2. Western Folklore

    3 publications · 169 citations

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  3. Bulletin of the American Geographical Society

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 47 citations

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  5. Africa

    2 publications · 43 citations

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