This term paper focuses on the grammar of early and today’s African-American English, as well as its origin, its history, its development and the areas in which it is commonly spoken today. More precisely the paper will outline the construction of African-American English and will further provide a comparison of early and contemporary AAE by discussing the lyrics of a slave song in contrast to two songs by Nicki Minaj and 50 Cent in regards to syntax. Even though AAE consists of more than just grammatical distinctions such as the phonological, morphological and semantical, the focus here will solely lie on the syntax.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Main Part
2.1 The History of African American and their Speech
2.2 Its Linguistic Structure and Word formation
2.2.1 Overview of Contemporary AAVE
2.2.2 Grammar of Contemporary AAVE
2.2.3 Differences between earlier and contemporary AAVE
2.3 Historical Song in Earlier AAVE, Analyzed and Compared to Songs in Contemporary AAVE
2.3.1 Analysis of the Song ''I don't do nobody nothin''
2.3.2 Analysis of the Song ''In Da Club'' by 50 Cent and ''Anaconda'' by Nicky Minaj
2.3.3 Comparison
3. Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix
- Quote paper
- Munise Özevran (Author), 2018, The Syntax of Earlier and Contemporary African-American English, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1330848
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