My Mother's Tongue

My Mother's Tongue Luzetta

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I don't know fo sho coss I will be commin by the bus...

Author Cynthia (Toni) Ligon's mother, Luzetta, always had a very unique way of speaking. For Luzetta, who was raised in the South during the Great Depression, this was a language steeped in tradition, history, family, and community.

While Ligon knew that her mother's grammar, syntax, and style were special, she didn't fully understand the dialect's rich context until she started studying linguistics and cultural anthropology as a college student. It was then that she realized that Luzetta's dialect was preserving a way of life long forgotten. It was emblematic of a certain time, place, and people.

Now, in My Mother's Tongue: Luzetta, Ligon celebrates her mother's language and its place in her own life. The study combines personal history with contextual information to create a stirring ode to one woman's voice. Ligon infuses her work with warmth and love for her mother and the lessons she taught her. Luzetta, now eighty-five and still thriving, also has lessons to teach you about language, dialect, and cultural memory.

Book information

ISBN: 9781546800569
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Language: English
Number of pages: 48
Weight: 0g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 3mm