From Hwaet to the Ring Shout: Lorenzo Dow Turner
Footnoting History
02/06/21
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(Lucy) What does Beowulf have to do with the linguistics of African-American history? The same man studied them both... and his scholarship on medieval literature helped frame his search for linguistic communities. This podcast examines the career of Lorenzo Dow Turner, celebrated linguist known as the Father of Gullah Studies. Turner studied the language, ideas, and culture of Black island communities in the southeastern United States, and created recognition for that culture in so doing.
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