Readings in African American language : aspects, features, and perspectives / [electronic resource]
Norment, Nathaniel.
New York : Peter Lang,
c2003-c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The African element in Black American English / David Dalby -- A survey of Afro-American English / John Baugh -- The historical development of Ebonics / Ernie A. Smith -- Some linguistic features of Negro dialect / Ralph W. Fasold and Walter A. Wolfram -- Aspects of intonation in Black English / Elaine E. Tarone -- The rise of 'be' as an aspect marker in Black English vernacular / John Myhill -- The black English 'Z': some theoretical implications / Ronald R. Butters -- Tense and the form 'be' in Black English / Ralph W. Fasold -- Auxiliary structures and the time adverbs in Black American English / Marvin D. Loflin, J.L. Dillard, and Nicholas R. Sobin -- The black English semi-auxiliary 'come' / Arthur K. Spears -- The origin of the verbal '-s' in black English / Edgar W. Schneider -- Study of verb classes in African American English / Lisa J. Green -- The sentence in African-American vernacular English / Stefan Martin and Walter A. Wolfram -- Discourse features of African American students' writing / Nathaniel Norment, Jr. -- Cultural preference and the expository writing of African-American adolescents / Arnetha F. Ball -- Teaching about Black English: an annotated syllabus / Kikanza Nuri Webber.
African Americans
English language
Language and culture
Black English.
Americanisms.