Readings in African American Language:

"Reading in African American Language: Aspects, Features and Perspectives is the most comprehensive collection in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) available that provides various theoretical approaches of its origin, development, and advantages. The contributors provide many different perspectives and topics relevant to the study of African American language as an academic, social, cultural/linguistic entry in the field of language study.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

PART ONE: The Scope of African American Language

1

(92)

The African Element in Black American English

5

(20)

David Dalby

A Survey of Afro-American English

25

(24)

John Baugh

The Historical Development of Ebonics

49

(10)

Ernie A. Smith

Some Linguistic Features of Negro Dialect

59

(34)

Ralph W. Fasold

Walter A. Wolfram

PART TWO: Aspects of African American Language

93

(178)

Aspects of Intonation in Black English

97

(10)

Elaine E. Tarone

The Rise of Be as an Aspect Marker in Black English Vernacular

107

(26)

John Myhill

The Black English {-Z}: Some Theoretical Implications

133

(12)

Ronald R. Butters

Tense and the Form Be in Black English

145

(20)

Ralph W. Fasold

Auxiliary Structures and the Time Adverbs in Black American English

165

(8)

Marvin D. Loflin

J. L. Dillard

Nicholas R. Sobin

The Black English Semi-Auxiliary Come

173

(30)

Arthur K. Spears

The Origin of the Verbal -s in Black English

203

(18)

Edgar W. Schneider

Study of Verb Classes in African American English

221

(20)

Lisa J. Green

The Sentence in African-American Vernacular English

241

(30)

Stefan Martin

Walter A. Wolfram

PART THREE: African American Pedagogy and Writing

271

(64)

Discourse Features of African American Students' Writing

275

(18)

Nathaniel Norment, Jr.

Cultural Preference and the Expository Writing of African-American Adolescents

293

(30)

Arnetha F. Ball

Teaching about Black English: An Annotated Syllabus

323

(12)

Kikanza Nuri Webber

Selected Bibliography

335

(12)

List of Contributors

347

(4)

Index

351

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