Envisioning Sociolinguistic Indicators in Langston Hughes' Selected Poems
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The research entitled "Envisioning Sociolinguistic Indicators in Langston
Hughes's Selected Poems" deals with the linguistic features such as sounds, words and
structures to underscore social issues like race, class, gender, ethnicity, equality and
inequality, religions and culture, art and music, nationality. The use of language in
Hughes poetry talks about race, class, gender, ethnicity, religion, culture, food, art
music of particular group and gives identity to African American people. The writings
of Hughes raise racial consciousness among African American people and then
sociopolitical situation. The research assumes that language is an indicator of social
values and practices. Hughes uses sociolinguistic indicator in the poetry to foreground
linguistic and cultural diversity of African American people.