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Discuss the Effects of Hip-Hop Culture on Everyday English with African-American Studies Professor and Musician Emmett G. Price III
Date: Thursday, 30 August 2007
Time: 18:00 UAE time
There
has been a historical tendency for musicians and musical trends to introduce
vocabulary and phrases into the mainstream English lexicon. This is currently
being played out as mainstream American culture assimilates vocabulary from the
hip-hop subculture. Please join professor, author and musician Emmett G. Price
III to discuss the evolution of the English language and the influence of
musical culture and hip hop on that evolution. Price's article, “What’s New: The
Effect of Hip-Hop Culture on Everyday English,” is featured in the e-Journal
USA, “Dynamic English.”
Guest Biography: Emmett G. Price III is an
assistant professor of music and African-American studies at Northeastern
University in Boston. He is also the author of "Hip Hop Culture" (ABC-CLIO,
2006) and the editor-in-chief of "The Journal of Popular Music Studies." Price
received a bachelor's degree in music from the University of California,
Berkeley, and both a master's degree and doctorate in music (ethnomusicology)
from the University of Pittsburgh. An active musician, Price has performed
extensively in the United States and the Caribbean in styles ranging from gospel
to reggae to hip hop and beyond. In addition to his experience as a musician, he
has directed numerous gospel choirs and has served as a musical director for
theater. Price actively publishes reviews and articles on jazz, gospel and hip
hop as well as on other subjects of interest.
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