Leseprobe
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Origins, Development, and the Socio-historical Background of AAE
3. Features of AAE
3.1 Phonological Features of AAE
3.1.1 The “th”
3.1.2 Consonant Cluster Reduction and Simplification
3.1.3 The non-rhotic “r”
3.2 Grammatical Features of AAE
3.2.1 Negation
3.2.2 Time Reference
3.3 Morphological Features of AAE
3.3.1 The Verbal -s
3.3.2 Past Morphology
3.3.3 Genitive Marking and Absence of Attributive Possessive –s
3.3.4 Copula Absence
4. Exemplary Analysis
4.1 Phonological Features
4.2 Grammatical Features
4.3 Morphological Features
5. Conclusion
Bibliographic References
Appendix
I who am poisoned with the blood of both
Where shall I turn, divided to the vein?
I who have cursed the drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
(Walcott 816.26-31)
- Arbeit zitieren
- Janine Lacombe (Autor:in), 2012, Features of African American English in the Context of Language Varieties, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/267180
Ähnliche Arbeiten
Kostenlos Autor werden
Kommentare