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Peer reviewedAnderson, Bridget L. – Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2002
Presents evidence that Detroit African Americans are participating in a recent sound change that is typically associated with some White but not African American varieties in the American South. Reports a leveling pattern in which /ai/ monothongization has expanded to the salient pre-voiceless context in Detroit African American English (AAE).…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Language Patterns, Language Variation, Phonology
