| African Amer Engl in Diaspora Contributor(s): Poplack (Author), Tagliamonte S (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631212663 ISBN-13: 9780631212669 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons OUR PRICE: $75.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: This provocative 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 427.089 |
| LCCN: 00069772 |
| Series: Language in Society |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.9" W x 9.42" (1.04 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This provocative volume investigates the origins of contemporary African American Vernacular English (AAVE), one of the oldest, yet unsolved, questions in sociolinguistics. |