Talk:John R. Rickford

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Interested in extending article's content[edit]

I'm interested in extending some of the article's content - detail about John R Rickford as well as his work.

Some points I would like to include are:

Additional facts about Rickford's education/career
Short overview about the development of his career over time
Paragraph about how his work impacted the recognition of African American English as an official dialect
Overviews of other of Rickford's influential and significant works in and outside of the field
Organizations, motivations, aspirations

Possible relevant sources I accumulated for that matter are the following. I appreciate further recommendations.

http://www.johnrickford.com/[4]
Rickford, John R. "an Early Study of the Speech of Young Black Children in California: Why it Matters." American Speech, vol. 89, no. 2, 2014, pp. 121-142.
Nandakumar, Maya. "Prioritize on-Campus Discussions Instead of Lectures." University Wire, 2015.
Sparks, S. D. (2014). Language program focuses on dialects. Education Week, 34(3), 1-1, 14, 15.
Shankar, Shalini. "Linguistic Anthropology in 2016: Now what?" American Anthropologist, vol. 119, no. 2, 2017, pp. 319-332.
Rickford, John R. “Language.” Language, vol. 59, no. 3, 1983, pp. 670–676.
Finegan, Edward, and John R. Rickford. Language in the USA : Themes for the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge University Press, West Nyack, 2004.

Kkanders55 (talk) 18:45, 24 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]