In response to the flood of interest in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) following the recent controversy over "Ebonics," this book brings together sixteen essays on the subject by a leading expert in the field, one who has been researching and writing on it for a quarter of a century.
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"John Rickford has been studying AAVE for nearly 30 years and is recognized as one of the experts leading the discussion about AAVE and implementing solutions to a number of associated problems." James H. Yang, Language in Society
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This book brings together sixteen essays in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) by a leading expert in the field, one who has been researching & writing for a quarter of a century. Rickford's essays - written between 1975 & 1998 - provide an informed commentary based on systematic research rather than the opinionated misinformation that dominates media commentary on ebonics.
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When the Ebonics controversy broke in December 1996, one of the most frequent requests from the media was for lists or descriptions of AAVE features which showed how it differed from Standard English (SE) and other American dialects, and which the general public could understand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
copula tokens, straight deletion, decreolization hypothesis, following grammatical environment, stressed bin, invariant habitual, copula absence, dialect scores, past reference verbs, copula variability, following phonological environment, habitual marker, financial award applicants, sociolinguistic boundary, copula contraction, variable rule program, award application deadline, copula coffin, copula variation, remote phase, dialect readers, creole hypothesis, linguistic diffusion, prior creolization, unspecified assistantships Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African American, New York, East Palo Alto, South Carolina, New World, Sea Islands, Labov Contraction, United States, European American, West African, Scotch Irish, North Carolina, Straight Contraction, Foxy Boston, New England, North America, Romaine Contraction, West Indies, American English, Irish English, Los Angeles, Caribbean English, Oakland School Board, Penelope Johnson, Preceding Phonological New!
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When the Ebonics controversy broke in December 1996, one of the most frequent requests from the media was for lists or descriptions of AAVE features which showed how it differed from Standard English (SE) and other American dialects, and which the general public could understand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
copula tokens, straight deletion, decreolization hypothesis, following grammatical environment, stressed bin, invariant habitual, copula absence, dialect scores, past reference verbs, copula variability, following phonological environment, habitual marker, financial award applicants, sociolinguistic boundary, copula contraction, variable rule program, award application deadline, copula coffin, copula variation, remote phase, dialect readers, creole hypothesis, linguistic diffusion, prior creolization, unspecified assistantships Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African American, New York, East Palo Alto, South Carolina, New World, Sea Islands, Labov Contraction, United States, European American, West African, Scotch Irish, North Carolina, Straight Contraction, Foxy Boston, New England, North America, Romaine Contraction, West Indies, American English, Irish English, Los Angeles, Caribbean English, Oakland School Board, Penelope Johnson, Preceding Phonological New!
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