African American Vernacular English

7 11, 2016

American Accent Training: Mispronounced Words 7
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American Accent Training: Mispronounced Words 7

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American Accent Training: Mispronounced Words 7

2017-03-28T05:54:50-05:00By John Atchley|

The final installment in this edition of our commonly mispronounced words series leads off with "ask." At face value, this one syllable word may seem overly simplistic and not worthy of much attention as you refine your pronunciation skills in American accent training. However a closer look reveals "ask" to be a word whose mispronunciation [...]

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 [...]