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Direct linkLevine, Robert D. – Language, 2010
Collins et al. 2008 offers a principles-and-parameters-based analysis of an AAVE construction first described in Spears 1998, in which nominal phrases such as "John's ass" appear to have exactly the same denotation, and behavior with respect to familiar conditions on anaphora, as the possessor ["John," and similarly for pronominal possessors.…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Semantics, Phrase Structure, Form Classes (Languages)
Linguistic Factors in the Realization of the Copula: Suggestions for Investigation in Black English.
PDF pending restorationPfaff, Carol W. – 1972
Four realizations of the copula occur in English, two in both Anglo and Black English and two in Black English and in some varieties of Anglo English but not in standard English. This paper describes the use of the copula in English and identifies the phonological, syntactic, and semantic factors which are believed to condition its realization in…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialects, Language Patterns, Nonstandard Dialects
Peer reviewedBattle, Dolores E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This article reviews recent investigations of the development of phonology, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics in the development of speech and language by African American children. Clinical implications are offered to aid the distinction between normal language development using features of African American English and language disorders.…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
Download full textTagliamonte, Sali – York Papers in Linguistics, 1996
An analysis of perfect verb forms in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) looks at the distribution of forms by semantic function and co-occurrence patterns in Samana English and ex-slave recordings. Results suggest that despite the overall rarity of this category in the general realm of past time, the most frequent forms used to mark it…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, English
Dillard, J. L. – 1977
The purpose of this volume is to demonstrate that the fields of linguistics, dialectology, language education, and early reading would be well served by a word book of the Black English vernacular. Chapters are devoted to discussion of the social significance of a lexicon of Black English vernacular, the terminology of sex and lovemaking, religion…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Patterns, Language Research
Hoffer, Bates, Ed. – 1996
Forty-five papers on linguistic theory and language research from the annual conference address these topics: aspects of discourse analysis; agreement languages; grammatical relations; syntax; phonology; grammar; contrastive linguistics; second language learning; syntax; quotations; topic management; aphasia; interpersonal communication; laughter;…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Aphasia, Bilingualism, Black Dialects
