African-American English : structure, history, and use
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African-American English : structure, history, and use
（Routledge linguistics classics）
Routledge, 2022
- : hbk
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First ed. published by Routledge 1998. This ed. reissued in Routledge Linguistics Classics series 2022
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
*The first book to describe and set out the form, variety and social and educational implications of the variety of English , known as African American English
*The official acknowledgement of AAE as a legitimate variety of English and not "Bad English" was hugely important following the Oakland school controversy and Ebonics debates, not only for linguists, but educationalists and for the lives of Black people
*Showcases a range of voices and leading authorities covering a wide variety of topics, unlike most other books written by sole authors
Table of Contents
List of figures and tables
List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: Structure
1 The sentence in African-American vernacular English
2 Aspect and predicate phrases in African-American vernacular English
3 The structure of the noun phrase in African-American vernacular English
PART II: History
4 Some aspects of African-American vernacular English phonology
5 Co-existent systems in African-American vernacular English
6 The creole origins of African-American vernacular English: Evidence from copula absence
PART III: Use
7 Word from the hood: The lexicon of African-American vernacular English
8 African-American language use: Ideology and so-called obscenity
9 More than a mood or an attitude: Discourse and verbal genres in African-American culture
10 Linguistics, education, and the law: Educational reform for African-American language minority students
Subject index
Name index
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