African American English In The Diaspora; Author: Poplack, Shana; Joint Author: Tagliamonte, Sali; Paperback

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African American English In The Diaspora

Author: Poplack, Shana; Joint Author: Tagliamonte, Sali
Language in Society; Paperback
320 pages
Published: August 2001
Blackwell Publishers
ISBN: 0631212663

Investigates the origins of contemporary African American Vernacular English (AAVE), one of the oldest, yet unsolved, questions in sociolinguistics. Investigates the origins of contemporary African American Vernacular English (AAVE), one of the oldest, yet unsolved, questions in sociolinguistics.Exploring the theory that contemporary African-American Vernacular English is a direct descendant of colonial British English, rather than of a creole precursor, this volume presents an analysis of tense and aspect as manifested in recorded conversations with former slaves and their descendants.

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