chapter 12 -African American English Flashcards
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Morpho-syntatic Features
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- zero copula/auxiliary
- subject-verb
- multiple negation
- zero possessive
- zero past tense
- remote past
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AAE & Academic Context
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- language at school entry reflects community
- most children are skilled language users of complex syntax in home dialect
2
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Achievement Gap
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- significant by raceðnicity in US
- poor reading performance and other factors and can hurt
3
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Education & Dialect -AAE problems
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- frequent communication breakdowns
- teacher unfamiliar with AAE
- teaching & learning are rooted in &dependent on a common language
4
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Code Switching
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- alt between 2 wholly different languages or 2 variants of the same language
- better language & phonological skills
- non-code switchers may face academic challenges
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AAE children & reading -mismatched hypothesis
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-theory that a mismatch between home dialect and books in classroom hurts development
6
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Narrative Types & meaning
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- topic centered: explicit sequential order
- topic associating: several things with common theme
- performative: it’s a performance
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Paralinguistic Strategies
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vocal features that accompany speech and contribute to communication; sometimes including facials/gestures
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Teachers on AAE narrative types
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- AA teachers support both topic associating/centered
- EuropeanA teachers find topic associated lacking cohesion
- AAE narratives have complexity that traditional structures are unable to capture
