Black on White- African American Vernacular English.ppt
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1、Black on White: African American Vernacular English,What is it? What is its origin? Why are debates about it significant?,Background,African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is the variety of English formerly known as Black English Vernacular or Vernacular Black English among sociolinguists, and c
2、ommonly called Ebonics outside the academic community.,AAVE can be described by a number of different features,PhonologicalReduction of final consonant clusters when followed by a word beginning with a vowellifup for lift up But not thing today for think today Note also that nearly all dialect speak
3、ers say things like Im goin to the store.,Grammatical: Present tense/3rd person absencehe walk for he walksshe raise for she raises,2. Plural absence on general plural (but not plurals for weights and measures)four girl for four girlssome dog for some dogs But notfour cup for four cups,3. Remote tim
4、e been (something that happened a long time ago and is still relevant) You been paid your dues. I been known him for a long time But not You been gone to school today.,Possessive s absenceman hat for mans hat Jack car for Jacks car,Copula (verb be) deletionShe nice for Shes nice He in the kitchen fo
5、r Hes in the kitchen You ugly for You ugly.,6. Use of habitual be Sometimes my ears be itching. She dont be usually be there,Vocabulary,Food words with African origins:banana (Mandingo) yam (Mandingo) okra (Akan) gumbo (Western Bantu),Vocabulary,Adjectives: bogus fake/fraudulent cf. Hausa boko, or b
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