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1 Introduction
2 What is African-American Vernacular English?
2.1 The Question of Origin
2.2 Linguistic Characteristics of AAVE
2.2.1 Absence of copula for contracted forms of isand are
2.2.2 be indicating recurring activity or state
2.2.3 aint’t for isn’t or didn’t
2.2.4 Third person -s absence in present tense
2.2.5 done indicating completed activity
3 Data Analysis
3.1 The Nature of Gangsta Rap
3.2 AAVE represented in American Gangsta Rap
3.2.1 Copula absence of is and are
3.2.2 be indicating recurring activity or state
3.2.3 aint’t for isn’t or didn’t
3.2.4 Third-person –s absence in present tense:
3.2.5 done indicating completed activity
4 Conclusion
5 Works Cited
6 Appendix
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- Jan Skordos (Author), 2009, African-American Vernacular English within American ‘Gangsta Rap’, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/167287
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