African American vernacular english Flashcards
1
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Oakland Resolution
A
Recognizes ebonics as a language
2
Q
African American Vernacular English (AAVE)
A
more complex than SAE
Creole language?
Grammar from West African languages
3
Q
Habitual b
A
“She be singing” for “She is singing
4
Q
Ebonics
A
distinctive lect of English spoken by many African Americans,
5
Q
Copula deletion
A
connects two different things
“the sky IS blue”
6
Q
Standard dialect
A
language variety used by a group of people in their public discourse
7
Q
Changing conceptions of race
A
?
8
Q
Language?
A
?
9
Q
National Identity?
A
?
10
Q
Non-standard dialect
A
a dialect that does not have the institutional support or sanction that a standardized dialect has.
