Lisa J. Green.
African American English: A linguistic introduction.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.
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address = {Cambridge},
title = {African {American} {English}: {A} linguistic introduction},
isbn = {978-0-521-81449-2 978-0-521-89138-7},
shorttitle = {African {American} {English}},
abstract = {"This authoritative introduction to African American English (AAE) is the first textbook to look at the grammar as a whole. Clearly organized, it describes patterns in the sentence structure, sound system, word formation and word use in AAE. The book uses linguistic description and data from conversation to explain that AAE is not a compilation of random deviations from mainstream English but that it is a rule-governed system. The textbook examines topics such as education, speech events in the secular and religious world, and the use of language in literature and the media to create black images. This much-needed book includes exercises to accompany each chapter and will be essential reading for students in linguistics, education, anthropology, African American studies and literature."--BOOK JACKET},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
author = {Green, Lisa J.},
year = {2002},
keywords = {African Americans, Bare got, Black English, Dialects, English language, Finna, Languages, Negative concord, Negative inversion, Split subjects, Stressed BIN, United States, Variation},
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"This authoritative introduction to African American English (AAE) is the first textbook to look at the grammar as a whole. Clearly organized, it describes patterns in the sentence structure, sound system, word formation and word use in AAE. The book uses linguistic description and data from conversation to explain that AAE is not a compilation of random deviations from mainstream English but that it is a rule-governed system. The textbook examines topics such as education, speech events in the secular and religious world, and the use of language in literature and the media to create black images. This much-needed book includes exercises to accompany each chapter and will be essential reading for students in linguistics, education, anthropology, African American studies and literature."–BOOK JACKET
Lisa Green.
Aspectual be-type constructions and coercion in African American English.
Natural Language Semantics, 8(1): 1–25. 2000.
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@article{green_aspectual_2000,
title = {Aspectual be-type constructions and coercion in {African} {American} {English}},
volume = {8},
issn = {0925-854X},
url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/23748550},
abstract = {This paper examines aspectual be—type constructions in African American English. These constructions receive a habitual interpretation, but they are distinguished from simple tense generics in that they are not ambiguous between generic/habitual and capacity readings. The analysis proposed to account for these constructions is one in which aspectual be neutralizes the distinction between stage- and individual-level predicates. Following Kratzer (1995), I assume that stage-level predicates have a separate event argument associated with them, but individual-level predicates do not. Aspectual be forces individual-level predicates to take an eventuality argument which coerces them into stage-level predicates. The logical representations of these constructions are given a tripartite structure in which a habitual operator binds variables ranging over eventualities. The analysis can be extended to account for constructions in which permanently stable entities indicated by bare plural subjects occur with be—type predicates. The solution proposed here accounts for some well-known properties of aspectual be that have not been discussed in the literature.},
number = {1},
urldate = {2017-04-06},
journal = {Natural Language Semantics},
author = {Green, Lisa},
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This paper examines aspectual be—type constructions in African American English. These constructions receive a habitual interpretation, but they are distinguished from simple tense generics in that they are not ambiguous between generic/habitual and capacity readings. The analysis proposed to account for these constructions is one in which aspectual be neutralizes the distinction between stage- and individual-level predicates. Following Kratzer (1995), I assume that stage-level predicates have a separate event argument associated with them, but individual-level predicates do not. Aspectual be forces individual-level predicates to take an eventuality argument which coerces them into stage-level predicates. The logical representations of these constructions are given a tripartite structure in which a habitual operator binds variables ranging over eventualities. The analysis can be extended to account for constructions in which permanently stable entities indicated by bare plural subjects occur with be—type predicates. The solution proposed here accounts for some well-known properties of aspectual be that have not been discussed in the literature.
Lisa Green.
Study of verb classes in African American English.
Linguistics and Education, 7(1): 65–81. January 1995.
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title = {Study of verb classes in {African} {American} {English}},
volume = {7},
issn = {0898-5898},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0898589895900209},
doi = {10.1016/0898-5898(95)90020-9},
abstract = {This article presents a description of two classes of verbs, auxiliaries and aspectual markers, in African American English. The auxiliaries be, do, and have can bear negation, move to the front of the sentence in yes/no questions, and delete in yes/no questions. The aspectual markers be, BIN, done, and be done do not undergo such processes, but they assign aspectual meaning to the sentences in which they occur. The discussion of the verb classes in this article focuses on patterns of the auxiliary system as a whole, and highlights the generalization that speakers of the dialect make when they use this system. The description shows that the language system is rule governed, and it also presents some meaning differences between forms in African American English and Standard American English.},
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journal = {Linguistics and Education},
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pages = {65--81},
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This article presents a description of two classes of verbs, auxiliaries and aspectual markers, in African American English. The auxiliaries be, do, and have can bear negation, move to the front of the sentence in yes/no questions, and delete in yes/no questions. The aspectual markers be, BIN, done, and be done do not undergo such processes, but they assign aspectual meaning to the sentences in which they occur. The discussion of the verb classes in this article focuses on patterns of the auxiliary system as a whole, and highlights the generalization that speakers of the dialect make when they use this system. The description shows that the language system is rule governed, and it also presents some meaning differences between forms in African American English and Standard American English.
Lisa Green.
Remote past and states in African-American English.
American Speech, 73(2): 115–138. 1998.
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@article{green_remote_1998,
title = {Remote past and states in {African}-{American} {English}},
volume = {73},
issn = {0003-1283},
url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/455736},
doi = {10.2307/455736},
number = {2},
urldate = {2017-04-06},
journal = {American Speech},
author = {Green, Lisa},
year = {1998},
keywords = {Stressed BIN},
pages = {115--138},
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Lisa J. Green.
African American English: A linguistic introduction.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.
link
bibtex
abstract
@book{green_african_2002-1,
address = {Cambridge},
title = {African {American} {English}: {A} linguistic introduction},
isbn = {978-0-521-81449-2 978-0-521-89138-7},
shorttitle = {African {American} {English}},
abstract = {"This authoritative introduction to African American English (AAE) is the first textbook to look at the grammar as a whole. Clearly organized, it describes patterns in the sentence structure, sound system, word formation and word use in AAE. The book uses linguistic description and data from conversation to explain that AAE is not a compilation of random deviations from mainstream English but that it is a rule-governed system. The textbook examines topics such as education, speech events in the secular and religious world, and the use of language in literature and the media to create black images. This much-needed book includes exercises to accompany each chapter and will be essential reading for students in linguistics, education, anthropology, African American studies and literature."--BOOK JACKET},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
author = {Green, Lisa J.},
year = {2002},
keywords = {African Americans, Bare got, Black English, Dialects, English language, Finna, Languages, Negative concord, Negative inversion, Split subjects, Stressed BIN, United States, Variation},
}
"This authoritative introduction to African American English (AAE) is the first textbook to look at the grammar as a whole. Clearly organized, it describes patterns in the sentence structure, sound system, word formation and word use in AAE. The book uses linguistic description and data from conversation to explain that AAE is not a compilation of random deviations from mainstream English but that it is a rule-governed system. The textbook examines topics such as education, speech events in the secular and religious world, and the use of language in literature and the media to create black images. This much-needed book includes exercises to accompany each chapter and will be essential reading for students in linguistics, education, anthropology, African American studies and literature."–BOOK JACKET
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