Saturday, November 7, 2009

African American Vernacular English AAVE

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

2 comments:

  1. 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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  2. The Thinkers: Teachers offered a lesson in urban vernacular


    http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09306/1010095-53.stm

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