African American English
African American English
A Linguistic Introduction
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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.
- The first textbook on AAE specifically aimed at students
- Provides a full description of AAE as a system, the first book to do so
- Includes helpful summaries and student exercises at the end of each chapter
Product details
September 2002Paperback
9780521891387
300 pages
246 × 173 × 21 mm
0.592kg
5 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Lexicons and meaning
- 2. Syntax Part 1. Verbal markers in AAE
- 3. Syntax Part 2. Syntactic and morphosyntactic properties in AAE
- 4. Phonology of AAE
- 5. Speech events and rules of interaction
- 6. AAE in literature
- 7. AAE in media
- 8. Attitudes and education.
