AFR/LING 338: African American English

Presents views of linguistic variation in the diverse contexts that give it meaning and significance, across generations, social strata, and domains of interaction.

Includes entries on African American English, Afro-Seminole Creole, African American Discourse Features, African American Naming Patterns, and other topics.

Surveys a range of topics and approaches in the study of language variation and use in society. Includes insights from anthropology, social psychology, the study of discourse and power, conversation analysis, theories of style and styling, language contact and applied sociolinguistics.

This textbook describes patterns in the sentence structure, sound system, word formation and word use in AAE, and examines topics such as education, speech events in the secular and religious world, and the use of language in literature and the media to create black images. (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2002)

Cambridge University Press, 2003

This survey of linguistic research into African-American English covers the main linguistic features as well as the sociological, political, and educational issues connected with AAE.

Presents grammatical variation in spontaneous spoken English, mapping 235 features in 48 varieties of English and 26 English-based Pidgins and Creoles in eight Anglophone world regions. Provides perspectives on the data sets in the open-access Electronic World Atlas of Varieties of English as well as large-scale comparisons and synopses.

A comprehensive bibliography of publications from the past half century (pre-2012) that deal with the role of vernacular language varieties in the classroom.

A comprehensive introduction to the field of linguistics. Chapter 13 focuses on Syntax. (2017)

(2010)

Also available as an open-access website.