Some resources available online for AAVE:
Summary Statement of AAVE by Labov: file:///Users/christinekane/Desktop/aavestatementlabov.htm
The grammar of urban African American Vernacular English by Walt Wolfram
Do You Speak American? (PBS)
CAL Center for Applied Linguistics
Language Varieties with Syntax Charts
Thanks so much for putting these resources up! I have been needing them badly. I think this whole Blog site is so cool I just wish I could feel better!! I would create some stuff of my own to go up.
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