African American English

Coexistent Systems in African-american English

AAVE also shows the combination of be and done as be done. This can frequently be translated as equivalent to the GE future perfect, equivalent to 'will have done.' This is explicit in the alternation of be done with will be done as in the contracted from I'll be done... .As an equivalent of the future perfect, it is not simply an aspect marker but a combination of tense and aspect which indica...

Prosodic rhythm and African American English*

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Exploring Children's Perceptions of African American English

Phonological features of child African American English.

The production of phonological features of African American English (AAE) was examined for 64 typically developing African American children in the 2nd through the 5th grade. Students read aloud passages written in Standard American English. Sixty of the students read the passages using AAE, and 8 different phonological features were represented in their readings. Phonological features were mor...

Dialect awareness and lexical comprehension of mainstream american english in african american english-speaking children.

PURPOSE This study was designed to examine the relationships among minority dialect use, language ability, and young African American English (AAE)-speaking children's understanding and awareness of Mainstream American English (MAE). METHOD Eighty-three 4- to 8-year-old AAE-speaking children participated in 2 experimental tasks. One task evaluated their awareness of differences between MAE an...