| The Development of African American English Revised Edition Contributor(s): Wolfram, Walt (Author), Thomas, Erik (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631230874 ISBN-13: 9780631230878 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $86.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: 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). Despite intense scrutiny of the historical and current development of AAVE, a number of issues remain unresolved. Most prominent among these is the development of African American English during the antebellum period and the trajectory of change in twentieth-century AAVE. This book addresses both of these issues by examining an unparalleled sociolinguistic situation involving a long-standing, isolated, biracial community situated in a distinctive dialect region of coastal North Carolina. This unique environment provides a venue for dealing with questions of localized dialect accommodation and ethnolinguistic distinctiveness in earlier African American English. The conclusions drawn challenge the Creolist, Anglicist, and neo-Anglicist positions with respect to the history of AAVE and offer insights into the development of African American speech in the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 427.973 |
| LCCN: 2001043959 |
| Series: Language in Society |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.38" W x 9.02" (0.84 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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). |