African American English: A Linguistic Introduction
English World-Wide A Journal of Varieties of EnglishPublished 12 May 2004
Lisa Green
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Introduction 1. Lexicons and meaning 2. Syntax Part 1. Verbal markers in AAE 3. Syntax Part 2. Syntactic and morphosyntactic properties in AAE 4. Phonology of AAE 5. Speech events and rules of interaction 6. AAE in literature 7. AAE in media 8. Attitudes and education.
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