Publications

Publication details [#25035]

Hewitt, Roger. 1986. White talk Black talk: Inter-racial friendship and communication amongst adolescents. Cambridge University Press. ix + 253 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative efficiency | crosscultural communication | language and culture | language and society | racism

Language as a subject

Creole, African Caribbean | English, British

Annotation

This book offers an indepth sociological and linguistic study of successful crosscultural communication in two mixed black-white London neighborhoods.

Reviewed by

Barish, Steve. 1990. Review of R.Hewitt (1986: `White talk Black talk: Inter-racial friendship and communication amongst adolescents').

Coupland, Nikolas and Penelope Rowlands. 1988. Review of $White talk Black talk: Inter-racial friendship and communication amongst adolescents.