High banter is a key ingredient of folk culture andfamily folklore. It’s also the essence of the poetry duels… Both on street corners and stages, poets riff off each other in rhyme, participating in traditions ranging from extempo in Trinidad, in Portugal, contrasti in Italy, freestyle rap in the US, and repentistas in Brazil. The banter between couples and others is also reminiscent of what happens when jazz musicians riff off one another.
Speech and Language
ALN8BAL8MO: A Native Voice
Joseph Alfred Elie Joubert is an important teacher of the Abenaki language who has contributed to the preservation of the language.
ALN8BAL8MO: A Native Voice
The author provides a portrait of John N.B. Hewitt, who helped to preserve Tuscarora language and oral traditions.
Gay Men’s English: Cooperative Discourse in a Language of Risk
A study of the dynamics of language and gender among gay men.
Popular Folk Synonymies
The author provides idioms of folk speech.