ENGLISH

The Development of African American English

By Walt Wolfram , Erik R. Thomas(auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Walt Wolfram and Erik R. Thomas
Year
2002
ISBN
9780631230861, 9780470690178
DOI
10.1002/9780470690178
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1509368 bytes)
Pages
250\250
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

Description

This book focuses on one of the most persistent and controversial questions in modern sociolinguistics: the past and present development of African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–11): Chapter 2 Issues in the Development of African American English (pages 12–31): Chapter 3 Defining the Enclave Dialect Community (pages 32–46): Chapter 4 The Social History of Mainland Hyde County (pages 47–65): Chapter 5 Morphosyntactic Alignment in Hyde County English (pages 66–94): Chapter 6 Vocalic Alignment in Hyde County English (pages 95–124): Chapter 7 Consonantal Alignment in Hyde County English (pages 125–150): Chapter 8 Intonational Alignment in Hyde County English (pages 151–159): Chapter 9 The Individual and Group in Earlier African American English (pages 160–183): Chapter 10 Beyond Hyde County: The Past and Present Development of AAVE (pages 184–212):

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