History of English in the US and of African American Vernacular English in particular - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of English in the US and of African American Vernacular English in particular write by Alissia Wiener. This book was released on 2018-07-20. History of English in the US and of African American Vernacular English in particular available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Applied Geography, grade: 1.7, University of Duisburg-Essen (Geisteswissenschaften), course: English in North America, language: English, abstract: From the very start I was very interested in African American Vernacular English (AAVE). In this work I also wanted to include a bit of history. I consider that history is an important influence on the present, not only regarding language but everything. History shows us the roots of things and a person who knows history avoids doing the same mistake again. In case of AAVE the language is indeed connected to the history of the African Americans, to the history of slavery and so to the history of the United States of America. For me it is also important to give a wide range on the knowledge about AAVE, a frame of history starting with the broad picture about the settlement and the rest of the history of the US. Then I will look on the history of the African Americans and the origin of their language. Finally a description of AAVE and its features follows. The question this essay deals with was mostly inspired by the controversal views about the origin of AAVE, namely the Creole-based and the dialect theory. Those might be “only” theories about the origin of AAVE but assuming one of those theories is correct defines a certain point of view on AAVE. Is AAVE “only” a dialect derived from a pidgin which developed somewhere in the Caribbean or on in West Africa or is AAVE a dialect which developed in the same manner and at the same time like all the other American dialects? Is it correct to compare AAVE to Standard English listing the mistakes this variety makes or should it rather be compared to other varieties?
African-American English
African-American English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African-American English write by Guy Bailey. This book was released on 2013-04-15. African-American English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. African-American English: Structure, History and Use provides a comprehensive survey of linguistic research into African-American English. The main linguistic features are covered, in particular the grammar, phonology and lexicon. Further chapters explore the sociological, political and educational issues connected with African-American English. The editors are the leading experts in the field and along with other key figures, notably William Labov, Geneva Smitherman and Walt Wolfram, they provide an authoritative, diverse guide to this topical subject area. Drawing on many contemporary references: the Oakland School controversy, the rap of Ice-T, the contributors reflect the state of current scholarship on African-American English, and actively dispel many misconceptions, address new questions and explore new approaches. The book is designed to serve as a text for the increasing number of courses on African-American English and as a convenient reference for students of linguistics, black studies and anthropology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
African American Vernacular English - Origins and Features
African American Vernacular English - Origins and Features - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African American Vernacular English - Origins and Features write by Haider Madhloum. This book was released on 2011-03. African American Vernacular English - Origins and Features available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pre-University Paper from the year 2011 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, Antwerp Local School, course: Last year of High School, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is the variety formerly known as Black English Vernacular or Vernacular Black English among sociolinguists. It is also called Ebonics outside the academic community. While some features of AAVE are apparently unique to this variety, in its structure it also shows many similarities with other varieties including a number of standard and nonstandard English varieties spoken in the US. AAVE has been the subject of several public debates. The analysis of this variety has caused a lot of discussion among sociolinguists and also among the American people. AAVE is a language that I hear every day through the music I hear and the Internet I use. This was the main reason that I chose to learn more about AAVE. Many people think AAVE is the same as Standard American English but this is not true. In this paper I will investigate whether AAVE is a dialect or a slang. And also the origins of AAVE and the features of AAVE (Phonological-, grammatical and lexical features) and the social and educational context of AAVE will be explained more in this paper. Through many research in the library of the university of Antwerp and the library of the university of Leuven but also through many research on the internet I was able to collect and investigate this subject. With the great help of my teacher I was able to make this paper
The Development of African American English
The Development of African American English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Development of African American English write by Walt Wolfram. This book was released on 2008-04-15. The Development of African American English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book focuses on one of the most persistent and controversial questions in modern sociolinguistics: the past and present development of African American Vernacular English (AAVE).
A History of American English
A History of American English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of American English write by J. L. Dillard. This book was released on 2014-09-25. A History of American English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This impressive volume provides a chronological, narrative account of the development of American English from its earliest origins to the present day.
