The Debate Surrounding Black Linguistics
An Assessment of the Origins and Growth of African American Vernacular English
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https://doi.org/10.36399/GroundingsUG.13.151Keywords:
Linguistics, African American Vernacular English, AAVE, Variable Copula AbsenceAbstract
This paper provides an assessment of the origins and growth of African American Vernacular English. It presents background on AAVE by discussing its users and its cultural role in the Black community and explores the two main theories in the debate surrounding the subsequent development of the vernacular, with focus on specific linguistic evidence relating to the variable copula absence.
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