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John R. Rickford
(1949)
Linguist
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John R. Rickford is a linguist, best known for African-American English.
Quick Facts About John R. Rickford
- Born
- September 16, 1949
- Profession
- Linguist
- Notable works
- African-American English
About John R. Rickford
John Russell Rickford is a Guyanese-American linguist. Rickford is the J. E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Linguistics and the Humanities at Stanford University's Department of Linguistics and the Stanford Graduate School of Education, where he has taught since 1980. His book Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, which he wrote together with his son, Russell J. Rickford, won the American Book Award in 2000.
Biography source: Wikipedia
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