the routledge handbook of pidgin and creole languages

Rickford's sociolinguistic research focuses on the relation between language variation and ethnicity, social class, variation and change. While working in the United States, Rickford has kept contact with the University of Guyana as external examiner for linguistics courses, MA, and PhD theses (1982–present). He later started teaching at Stanford University in 1980 as a Visiting Assistant Linguistics Professor before being named Associate Professor, with tenure, in linguistics (1986). Professional career īefore working at Stanford University, Rickford held lectures in linguistics at the University of Guyana and was named Assistant Dean, Faculty of Arts, between 19. Rickford continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his MA in linguistics (1971–1973) and later his PhD in linguistics in 1979. in Sociolinguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1968–1971) on a Fulbright undergraduate scholarship. The two have four children: Shiyama, Russell, Anakela, and Luke. Rickford, won the American Book Award in 2000. His book Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, which he wrote together with his son, Russell J. 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. John Russell Rickford (born Septem ) is a Guyanese–American academic and author. Rickford speaks as president of the Linguistic Society of America in 2016

The routledge handbook of pidgin and creole languages