Chapter 16

Summmary:
This chapter looked at the way that black people speak. Roger Abrahams writes how they speak in a verbal combat in the community, there is rhyme and also cliches. Abrahams writes that this is regression, which is a way of reverting back to your childhood.

Questions:

1. In what ways does Abraham's essay agree with Tannen's?
They are in common with the verbal combat in a way. Tannen writes that boys will communicate in a way that presents their dominance, like a verbal combat.

2. How do black people from Camingerly use rhymes for social situations and entertainment.
They use it to form rap music.

3. What does it mean to say that this rhyming behavior is regressive?
They are not speaking in a way , what society thinks is intellectual for an adult.

4.How might this rhyming behavior be manifested or utilized now in the mass media.
They can use this to draw people in, its gets their attention. If an ad uses rap music, more people can understand it and it shows that companies are "hip" with the new generation.

5. Can you find any other examples of verbal dueling behavior in American society?
The cattiness of girl teenagers.