African American English: A Linguistic Introduction

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ISBN: 9780521891387 | 0521891388
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Copyright: 9/2/2002

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This authoritative introduction to African American English (AAE) is the first textbook to look at the grammar as a whole. Clearly organized, it describes patterns in the sentence structure, sound system, word formation and word use. It examines education, speech events in the secular and religious world, and the use of AAE in literature and the media to create black images. It includes exercises to accompany each chapter and is essential reading for students in linguistics, education, anthropology, African American studies and literature.

Foreword

John R. Rickford

Preface

Introduction

(1)

Goals and structure of the book

(4)

On naming the variety

(3)

On accounting for the origin of AAE

(4)

Lexicons and meaning

(22)

Introduction

(2)

Lexicons and AAE: a review of three types

(5)

Structuring the lexicon

(8)

Slang: adding words to the lexicon

(7)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(2)

Syntax part 1: verbal markers in AAE

(42)

Introduction

(2)

Auxiliaries

(8)

Aspectual markers (verbal markers): be, BIN, d∂n

(26)

Preverbal markers: finna, steady, come

(6)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(2)

Syntax part 2: syntactic and morphosyntactic properties in AAE

(30)

Introduction

(1)

Syntactic properties

(1)

Negation

(3)

Existential it and dey

(4)

Questions

(5)

Relative clauses

(2)

Preterite had

(3)

Summary

(1)

Morphosyntactic properties

(1)

Morphosyntactic patterns in AAE

(12)

Summary

103

(1)

Exercises

103

(3)

Phonology of AAE

106

(28)

Introduction

106

(1)

Final consonant sounds

107

(9)

Devoicing

116

(1)

Sound patterns and th

117

(2)

r and l: liquid vocalization

119

(2)

Additional phonological patterns

121

(3)

Prosodic features: stress and intonation

124

(10)

Summary

132

(1)

Exercises

132

(2)

Speech events and rules of interaction in AAE

134

(30)

Introduction

134

(1)

Overview of speech events

135

(2)

Verbal strategies

137

(5)

Expressions in nonverbal communication

142

(4)

Speech events and language use in African American church services

146

(8)

Extensions of call-response

154

(1)

Language use and rap

155

(6)

Speech events and communicative competence

161

(3)

Summary

162

(1)

Exercises

163

(1)

AAE in literature

164

(36)

Introduction

164

(1)

General overview

165

(2)

Representation of AAE in literature to the early twentieth century

167

(11)

From the Harlem Renaissance to the mid twentieth century

178

(10)

AAE in literature from the mid twentieth century to the present

188

(12)

Summary

197

(1)

Exercises

198

(2)

AAE in the media

200

(16)

Introduction

200

(1)

``Chances for plenty of action and clowning''

201

(5)

Speech events in television and film

206

(5)

Indicators of adolescent street language

211

(5)

Summary

214

(1)

Exercises

214

(2)

Approaches, attitudes and education

216

(29)

Introduction

216

(2)

Approaches to AAE

218

(3)

Attitudes toward AAE as a legitimate variety

221

(2)

Attitudes toward AAE and employment

223

(3)

AAE and education

226

(19)

Summary

242

(1)

Exercises

242

(3)

Endnotes

245

(10)

References

255

(14)

Acknowledgments

269

(2)

Index

271

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