The English history of African American English
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The English history of African American English
（Language in society, 28）
Blackwell, 2000
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: hc ISBN 9780631212614
Description
Much scholarly work assumes that the structure of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) derives from an earlier plantation creole. This reader explores an alternative hypothesis: that the characteristic features were acquired from the varieties of English to which early speakers were exposed.Marshalling historical, dialectal and theoretical linguistic evidence, this work focuses on descendants of former slaves whose ancestors left the US in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to settle in enclave communities where their language developed under conditions of social or geographical isolation.Six variable linguistic features, most previously considered evidence of creole origins, are traced across varieties of English brought to the US by British colonists. These features, and their linguistic patterning in discourse, are demonstrably part of the English of early African Americans, transmitted to and retained by their descendants long after their disappearance from mainstream varieties of English Contributors include Shana Poplack, Sali Tagliamonte, Gunnel Tottie, and Salikoko S. Mufwene amongst others.
Table of Contents
- Preface. Introduction. Part I. Morphophonological Variables: 1. Rephrasing the Copula: Contraction and Zero in Early African American English: James A. Walker. 2. Reconstructing the Source of Early African American English Plural Marking: A Comparative Study of English and Creole: Shana Poplack, Sali Tagliamonte, and Ejike Eze. Part II: Morphosyntactic Variables: 3. Negation and the Creole-Origins Hypothesis: Evidence from Early African American English: Darin M. Howe and James A. Walker. 4. Old as
- New Ecology: Viewing English through the Sociolinguistic Filter: Sali Tagliamonte and Jennifer Smith. Part III. Syntactic Variables: 5. The Question: Auxiliary Inversion in Early African American English: Gerard Van Herk. 6. It's All Relative: Relativization Strategies in Early African American English: Gunnel Tottie and Dawn Harvie. Part IV: The Sociohistorical Context: 7. Some Sociohistorical Inferences about the Development of African American English: Salikoko S. Mufwene. Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631212621
Description
Much scholarly work assumes that the structure of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) derives from an earlier plantation creole. This volume explores an alternative hypothesis: that the characteristic features were acquired from the varieties of English to which early speakers were exposed.
Table of Contents
- List of Tables. List of Maps. List of Figures. Series Editor's Preface. Preface. List of Abbreviations. List of Contributors. Introduction. Part I. Morphophonological Variables:. 1. Rephrasing the Copula: Contraction and Zero in Early African American English: James A. Walker. 2. Reconstructing the Source of Early African American English Plural Marking: A Comparative Study of English and Creole: Shana Poplack, Sali Tagliamonte, and Ejike Eze. Part II: Morphosyntactic Variables:. 3. Negation and the Creole-Origins Hypothesis: Evidence from Early African American English: Darin M. Howe and James A. Walker. 4. Old as
- New Ecology: Viewing English through the Sociolinguistic Filter: Sali Tagliamonte and Jennifer Smith. Part III. Syntactic Variables:. 5. The Question: Auxiliary Inversion in Early African American English: Gerard Van Herk. 6. It's All Relative: Relativization Strategies in Early African American English: Gunnel Tottie and Dawn Harvie. Part IV: The Sociohistorical Context:. 7. Some Sociohistorical Inferences about the Development of African American English: Salikoko S. Mufwene. Glossary. Index.
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