TY  - BOOK
AU  - Poplack,Shana
AU  - Tagliamonte,Sali
TI  - African American English in the diaspora
T2  - Language in society
SN  - 0631212655
AV  - PE3102.N42 P66 2001
U1  - 427.08996073 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Malden, MA
PB  - Blackwell
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Languages
KW  - English language
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - United States
KW  - Variation
KW  - Blacks
KW  - Caribbean Area
KW  - Canada
KW  - Black English
KW  - Americanisms
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword; William Labov --; 1; Introduction --; 2; African Americans in the Samana Peninsula --; 3; African Americans in Nova Scotia: Settlement and Data --; 4; External Controls --; 5; Method --; 6; The Past Tense --; 7; The Present Tense --; 8; The Future Tense --; 9; Conclusions: An Essay on the Origins and Development of African American English
N2  - "This volume investigates the origins of contemporary African American Vernacular English (AAVE), one of the oldest, yet unsolved, questions in sociolinguistics. Exploring the hypothesis that contemporary AAVE is a direct descendant of colonial British English rather than of a widespread creole precursor, this volume presents a comprehensive analysis of tense and aspect as manifested in recorded conversations with 101 former slaves and their descendants. The study is staged in three distinct "diaspora" enclaves in Canada and the Caribbean, whose language has evolved independently of AAVE, modern creoles, and neighboring speech varieties; Advanced quantitative methodology, combined with linguistically precise analyses of English dialects in historical context, make this an essential text for researchers and students of linguistics, the history of English and African American Studies."--Jacket
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