African American English

29 07, 2013

African American Vernacular English : Part 1

2017-03-28T05:54:42-05:00By Erin Conroy|

African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is a form of Standard American English (SAE). It is fascinating how different AAVE and SAE are by means of pronunciation/phonology, grammar, and vocabulary. Many people that use the AAVE form ‘code switch’ between AAVE and SAE, utilizing African American Vernacular English reduction. Code switching is a phenomenon that some [...]

19 07, 2013

How to lose your accent: African American Vernacular English

2017-03-28T05:54:42-05:00By STorres|

How to lose your accent The term African American Vernacular English (AAVE) became popular in the mid to late 1980's as a way to describe the unique pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and substitution patterns used by African Americans which make this speech pattern something beyond a simple dialect. For instance, a person using African American Vernacular [...]