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Green, Lisa J. – 2002
This introduction to African American English (AAE) looks at the grammar as a whole, describing patterns in sentence structure, sound system, word formation, and word use in AAE. The book uses linguistic description and data from conversation to explain that AAE is not a compilation of random deviations from mainstream English but rather a…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar
