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New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 203–218. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 140–159. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Sociolinguistic Construction of African American Language.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Wolfram, W.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 85–104. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_origins_2015,\n\ttitle = {The {Origins} of {African} {American} {Vernacular} {English}: {Beginnings}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-5},\n\tabstract = {It is now widely accepted that most of the grammar of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) derives from English dialectal sources—in particular, the settler dialects introduced into the American South during the 17th and 18th centuries. The roots of AAVE were established during the first century of the British colonization of America, in the Chesapeake Bay area (Virginia and Maryland), and later, in the Carolinas and Georgia. The socio-historical evidence suggests that conditions in most of the South were favorable for Blacks to acquire relatively close approximations of the dialects spoken by White settlers, particularly indentured servants. Since Blacks were exposed to a variety of British English dialects and shaped by influence from African languages and possibly also from creole varieties introduced by slaves brought from the Caribbean, AAVE evolved against a background of continuing language contact.},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Winford, Donald},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.5},\n\tkeywords = {Early African American English, Edited Volume, OHAAL},\n\tpages = {85--104},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n It is now widely accepted that most of the grammar of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) derives from English dialectal sources—in particular, the settler dialects introduced into the American South during the 17th and 18th centuries. The roots of AAVE were established during the first century of the British colonization of America, in the Chesapeake Bay area (Virginia and Maryland), and later, in the Carolinas and Georgia. The socio-historical evidence suggests that conditions in most of the South were favorable for Blacks to acquire relatively close approximations of the dialects spoken by White settlers, particularly indentured servants. Since Blacks were exposed to a variety of British English dialects and shaped by influence from African languages and possibly also from creole varieties introduced by slaves brought from the Caribbean, AAVE evolved against a background of continuing language contact.\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 201–218. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 163–180. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 387–402. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_syntax-prosody_2015,\n\ttitle = {On the {Syntax}-{Prosody} {Interface} in {African} {American} {English}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-12},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Walker, James A.},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.12},\n\tkeywords = {OHAAL, Prosody, Review Article, Syntax},\n\tpages = {387--402},\n}\n\n\n\n
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Language & Communication, 41: 28–45. March 2015.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The English Origins Hypothesis.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Van Herk, G.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 23–34. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_english_2015,\n\ttitle = {The {English} {Origins} {Hypothesis}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-3},\n\tabstract = {This chapter situates the English Origins Hypothesis within academic and public discourses on language, ethnicity, and contact, suggesting that these may have influenced responses to the hypothesis. The chapter outlines the methodological preferences of many scholars working in this framework (quantitative analysis of the linguistic constraints on mostly morphosyntactic variation) and describes major findings for verb morphology, question formation, negation, and relativization. In each case, researchers have found strong similarities between the linguistic conditioning of variables in diverse instantiations of earlier African American English (AAE) and in English dialects that may have served as a model for early generations of AAE speakers. After enumerating and evaluating some critiques of the hypothesis, the chapter considers the utility, applications, and limitations of this and competing hypotheses, briefly discusses the relevance to the origins debate of internal regional variation in AAE, and concludes by proposing areas of potential agreement between origins hypotheses.},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Van Herk, Gerard},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.3},\n\tkeywords = {Early African American English, Edited Volume, OHAAL},\n\tpages = {23--34},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n This chapter situates the English Origins Hypothesis within academic and public discourses on language, ethnicity, and contact, suggesting that these may have influenced responses to the hypothesis. The chapter outlines the methodological preferences of many scholars working in this framework (quantitative analysis of the linguistic constraints on mostly morphosyntactic variation) and describes major findings for verb morphology, question formation, negation, and relativization. In each case, researchers have found strong similarities between the linguistic conditioning of variables in diverse instantiations of earlier African American English (AAE) and in English dialects that may have served as a model for early generations of AAE speakers. After enumerating and evaluating some critiques of the hypothesis, the chapter considers the utility, applications, and limitations of this and competing hypotheses, briefly discusses the relevance to the origins debate of internal regional variation in AAE, and concludes by proposing areas of potential agreement between origins hypotheses.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Development of African American English through Childhood and Adolescence.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Van Hofwegen, J.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 454–474. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_development_2015,\n\ttitle = {The {Development} of {African} {American} {English} through {Childhood} and {Adolescence}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-20},\n\tabstract = {This chapter addresses what patterns of African American English (AAE) usage are demonstrated prior to adolescence by highlighting evidence from a longitudinal corpus of AAE spanning 11 years in the lives of {\\textasciitilde}70 African American children, from pre-kindergarten to mid-adolescence. Through a series of studies on this data set, a picture has emerged of what general AAE development looks like—primarily, that children utilize a roller coaster pattern of AAE use, peaking and dipping at relatively consistent points in their lives (but to varying degrees). At the same time, their vocalic systems remain fairly stable. These speakers appear to gradually acquire competence in style-shifting between AAE and mainstream American English, but the sample is diverse in terms of when/how this competence emerges. Finally, these analyses reveal when important family, educational, and social factors impact AAE language development most acutely.},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Van Hofwegen, Janneke},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.20},\n\tkeywords = {Child AAE, Edited Volume, Frank Porter Graham Project, OHAAL},\n\tpages = {454--474},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n This chapter addresses what patterns of African American English (AAE) usage are demonstrated prior to adolescence by highlighting evidence from a longitudinal corpus of AAE spanning 11 years in the lives of ~70 African American children, from pre-kindergarten to mid-adolescence. Through a series of studies on this data set, a picture has emerged of what general AAE development looks like—primarily, that children utilize a roller coaster pattern of AAE use, peaking and dipping at relatively consistent points in their lives (but to varying degrees). At the same time, their vocalic systems remain fairly stable. These speakers appear to gradually acquire competence in style-shifting between AAE and mainstream American English, but the sample is diverse in terms of when/how this competence emerges. Finally, these analyses reveal when important family, educational, and social factors impact AAE language development most acutely.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Regional Variation in Nineteenth-Century African American English.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Van Herk, G.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Picone, M. D.; and Davies, C. E., editor(s),
New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 219–232. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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Reading and Writing, 28(7): 1013–1028. September 2015.\n
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New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 507–522. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 420–435. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_prosodic_2015,\n\ttitle = {Prosodic {Features} of {African} {American} {English}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-12},\n\tabstract = {Prosody appears to play a key role in making the speech of many African Americans recognizable, but defining exactly what makes it distinctive has been an elusive goal. Several prosodic features contribute to the overall distinctiveness of African American English (AAE) prosody. Forestressing, the tendency to shift the primary stress in words such as July to the first syllable, is shared with Southern White vernaculars. Research on speech rate has produced ambiguous results. Investigation of prosodic rhythm suggests that early AAE was more syllable-timed than today’s highly stress-timed AAE. Some research has found that some African American groups use the range of F0 values differently from European Americans. Finally, intonation studies have produced substantial evidence that many African Americans show distinctively AAE intonational characteristics, both within utterances and at the end of utterances, but there is no consensus yet on how to describe the features that make AAE intonation distinctive.},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Thomas, Erik R.},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.12},\n\tkeywords = {Intonation, OHAAL, Prosody, Review Article},\n\tpages = {420--435},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n Prosody appears to play a key role in making the speech of many African Americans recognizable, but defining exactly what makes it distinctive has been an elusive goal. Several prosodic features contribute to the overall distinctiveness of African American English (AAE) prosody. Forestressing, the tendency to shift the primary stress in words such as July to the first syllable, is shared with Southern White vernaculars. Research on speech rate has produced ambiguous results. Investigation of prosodic rhythm suggests that early AAE was more syllable-timed than today’s highly stress-timed AAE. Some research has found that some African American groups use the range of F0 values differently from European Americans. Finally, intonation studies have produced substantial evidence that many African Americans show distinctively AAE intonational characteristics, both within utterances and at the end of utterances, but there is no consensus yet on how to describe the features that make AAE intonation distinctive.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Segmental Phonology of African American English.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Thomas, E. R.; and Bailey, G.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 403–419. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_segmental_2015,\n\ttitle = {Segmental {Phonology} of {African} {American} {English}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-13},\n\tabstract = {Although segmental analyses have not held the prominence of morphosyntactic analyses in studies of African American Language (AAL), they have always maintained an important role. Several consonantal variables are mainstays of studies on AAL. Recent years have seen a blossoming of vocalic research. Some vocalic features, such as the BIN/BEN merger, glide weakening of the BIDE diphthong, and moderate lowering of the BAIT nucleus, are shared with Southern White dialects, and African Americans have carried them to other parts of the United States. For other features, particularly fronting of the BOAT and BOOT vowels and the merger of the BOT and BOUGHT vowels, African Americans typically lag behind neighboring whites in adopting new variants. There are also vocalic shifts, such as raising of the BAT and BUT vowels without significant diphthongization, that have become associated mainly with certain segments of the African American community.},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Thomas, Erik R. and Bailey, Guy},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.13},\n\tkeywords = {Edited Volume, List of Features, OHAAL, Review Article, Southern English, Vowels},\n\tpages = {403--419},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n Although segmental analyses have not held the prominence of morphosyntactic analyses in studies of African American Language (AAL), they have always maintained an important role. Several consonantal variables are mainstays of studies on AAL. Recent years have seen a blossoming of vocalic research. Some vocalic features, such as the BIN/BEN merger, glide weakening of the BIDE diphthong, and moderate lowering of the BAIT nucleus, are shared with Southern White dialects, and African Americans have carried them to other parts of the United States. For other features, particularly fronting of the BOAT and BOOT vowels and the merger of the BOT and BOUGHT vowels, African Americans typically lag behind neighboring whites in adopting new variants. There are also vocalic shifts, such as raising of the BAT and BUT vowels without significant diphthongization, that have become associated mainly with certain segments of the African American community.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Prima Facie Evidence for the Persistence of Creole Features in African American English and Evidence for Residual Creole.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Sutcliffe, D.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Picone, M. D.; and Davies, C. E., editor(s),
New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 233–253. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 786–799. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_african_2015,\n\ttitle = {African {American} {Standard} {English}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-34},\n\turldate = {2020-04-29},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Spears, Arthur K.},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.34},\n\tkeywords = {Edited Volume, Middle Class, OHAAL},\n\tpages = {786--799},\n}\n\n\n\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 547–565. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_african_2015,\n\ttitle = {African {American} {Language} and {Education}: {History} and {Controversy} in the {Twentieth} {Century}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-51},\n\tabstract = {This chapter utilizes a language ideology perspective, grounded in a raceclass historical analysis, to overview the relationship between African American Language and the education of US slave descendants from the 1950s through the end of the twentieth century. The historical overview summarizes and critiques “language programs for the disadvantaged,” linguistic cognitive deficit theories about Black people, and reading programs designed for “teaching Black students to read.” The chapter provides an indepth discussion of the educational and public controversy around Martin Luther King Jr. Schoolchildren, et al. v. the Ann Arbor School District Board (197779; popularly known as the “Black English Case”) and the equally controversial 1996 Oakland, California School Board Resolution on Ebonics. Given current crises in Black youth communities (e.g., schooltoprison pipeline for Black males), the overview concludes with a clarion call to all those committed to educational equity and social justice.},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Smitherman, Geneva},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.51},\n\tkeywords = {Edited Volume, Education, OHAAL},\n\tpages = {547--565},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n This chapter utilizes a language ideology perspective, grounded in a raceclass historical analysis, to overview the relationship between African American Language and the education of US slave descendants from the 1950s through the end of the twentieth century. The historical overview summarizes and critiques “language programs for the disadvantaged,” linguistic cognitive deficit theories about Black people, and reading programs designed for “teaching Black students to read.” The chapter provides an indepth discussion of the educational and public controversy around Martin Luther King Jr. Schoolchildren, et al. v. the Ann Arbor School District Board (197779; popularly known as the “Black English Case”) and the equally controversial 1996 Oakland, California School Board Resolution on Ebonics. Given current crises in Black youth communities (e.g., schooltoprison pipeline for Black males), the overview concludes with a clarion call to all those committed to educational equity and social justice.\n
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New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 182–200. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n African American Vernacular English in California: Over Four Decades of Vibrant Research.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Rickford, J. R.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 299–315. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(38): 11817–11822. September 2015.\n
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@article{rickford_neighborhood_2015,\n\ttitle = {Neighborhood effects on use of {African}-{American} {Vernacular} {English}},\n\tvolume = {112},\n\tissn = {0027-8424, 1091-6490},\n\turl = {http://www.pnas.org/lookup/doi/10.1073/pnas.1500176112},\n\tdoi = {10.1073/pnas.1500176112},\n\tabstract = {African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) is systematic, rooted in history, and important as an identity marker and expressive resource for its speakers. In these respects, it resembles other vernacular or nonstandard varieties, like Cockney or Appalachian English. But like them, AAVE can trigger discrimination in the workplace, housing market, and schools. Understanding what shapes the relative use of AAVE vs. Standard American English (SAE) is important for policy and scientific reasons. This work presents, to our knowledge, the first experimental estimates of the effects of moving into lower-poverty neighborhoods on AAVE use. We use data on non-Hispanic African-American youth (\n n\n = 629) from a large-scale, randomized residential mobility experiment called Moving to Opportunity (MTO), which enrolled a sample of mostly minority families originally living in distressed public housing. Audio recordings of the youth were transcribed and coded for the use of five grammatical and five phonological AAVE features to construct a measure of the proportion of possible instances, or tokens, in which speakers use AAVE rather than SAE speech features. Random assignment to receive a housing voucher to move into a lower-poverty area (the intention-to-treat effect) led youth to live in neighborhoods (census tracts) with an 11 percentage point lower poverty rate on average over the next 10–15 y and reduced the share of AAVE tokens by ∼3 percentage points compared with the MTO control group youth. The MTO effect on AAVE use equals approximately half of the difference in AAVE frequency observed between youth whose parents have a high school diploma and those whose parents do not.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {38},\n\turldate = {2020-04-29},\n\tjournal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},\n\tauthor = {Rickford, John R. and Duncan, Greg J. and Gennetian, Lisa A. and Gou, Ray Yun and Greene, Rebecca and Katz, Lawrence F. and Kessler, Ronald C. and Kling, Jeffrey R. and Sanbonmatsu, Lisa and Sanchez-Ordoñez, Andres E. and Sciandra, Matthew and Thomas, Ewart and Ludwig, Jens},\n\tmonth = sep,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {Moving to Opportunity Youth, Segregation},\n\tpages = {11817--11822},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) is systematic, rooted in history, and important as an identity marker and expressive resource for its speakers. In these respects, it resembles other vernacular or nonstandard varieties, like Cockney or Appalachian English. But like them, AAVE can trigger discrimination in the workplace, housing market, and schools. Understanding what shapes the relative use of AAVE vs. Standard American English (SAE) is important for policy and scientific reasons. This work presents, to our knowledge, the first experimental estimates of the effects of moving into lower-poverty neighborhoods on AAVE use. We use data on non-Hispanic African-American youth ( n = 629) from a large-scale, randomized residential mobility experiment called Moving to Opportunity (MTO), which enrolled a sample of mostly minority families originally living in distressed public housing. Audio recordings of the youth were transcribed and coded for the use of five grammatical and five phonological AAVE features to construct a measure of the proportion of possible instances, or tokens, in which speakers use AAVE rather than SAE speech features. Random assignment to receive a housing voucher to move into a lower-poverty area (the intention-to-treat effect) led youth to live in neighborhoods (census tracts) with an 11 percentage point lower poverty rate on average over the next 10–15 y and reduced the share of AAVE tokens by ∼3 percentage points compared with the MTO control group youth. The MTO effect on AAVE use equals approximately half of the difference in AAVE frequency observed between youth whose parents have a high school diploma and those whose parents do not.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Creole Origins Hypothesis.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Rickford, J. R.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 35–56. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 57–84. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n American American Women's Language: Mother Tongues United.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Morgan, M. H.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 817–833. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 97–117. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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English Today, 31(4): 53–60. December 2015.\n
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@article{moody_new_2015,\n\ttitle = {New {Perspectives} on {African} {American} {English}: {The} {Role} of {Black}-to-{Black} {Contact}: {Variation} in {African} {American} {English} linked to contact with {Geechee}},\n\tvolume = {31},\n\tissn = {0266-0784, 1474-0567},\n\tshorttitle = {New {Perspectives} on {African} {American} {English}},\n\turl = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0266078415000401/type/journal_article},\n\tdoi = {10.1017/S0266078415000401},\n\tabstract = {One of the most widely researched language varieties in the field of sociolinguistics is African American English (AAE), a term used to describe a range of English dialects, from standard to vernacular, spoken by many (but not all) African Americans as well as by certain members of other ethnic groups who have had extensive contact with AAE speakers. Most linguists agree that AAE developed from contact between enslaved Africans and predominantly English-speaking Europeans (who spoke a range of English vernaculars) during the early to middle period of colonization of what is now known as the United States of America. Consequently, research on the development of AAE is traditionally framed in terms of the degree of contact with white English vernaculars, both during and after AAE genesis, with white vernaculars playing a primary, if not exclusive, role (McDavid \\& McDavid, 1951; Mufwene, 1996; Poplack, 2000; Poplack \\& Tagliamonte, 2001). Though some analyses of AAE allow for substrate influence from creole and/or African languages in its development (cf. Winford, 1997, 1998; Rickford, 1998, 2006; Wolfram \\& Thomas, 2002; Holm, 2004), many studies place a particular focus on Earlier African American varieties or Diaspora varieties, such as the Ex-Slave Recordings, Samaná English, and Liberian Settler English rather than contemporary AAE varieties spoken within U.S. borders (cf. Rickford, 1977, 1997, 2006; DeBose, 1988; Schneider 1989; Bailey, Maynor, \\& Cukor-Avila, 1991; Hannah, 1997; Singler, 1998, 2007a, 2007b; Kautzsch 2002). This research has helped further linguists’ understanding of AAE yet does not reflect its full history in the United States.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {4},\n\turldate = {2020-07-23},\n\tjournal = {English Today},\n\tauthor = {Moody, Simanique},\n\tmonth = dec,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {Contact, Georgia, Gullah},\n\tpages = {53--60},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n One of the most widely researched language varieties in the field of sociolinguistics is African American English (AAE), a term used to describe a range of English dialects, from standard to vernacular, spoken by many (but not all) African Americans as well as by certain members of other ethnic groups who have had extensive contact with AAE speakers. Most linguists agree that AAE developed from contact between enslaved Africans and predominantly English-speaking Europeans (who spoke a range of English vernaculars) during the early to middle period of colonization of what is now known as the United States of America. Consequently, research on the development of AAE is traditionally framed in terms of the degree of contact with white English vernaculars, both during and after AAE genesis, with white vernaculars playing a primary, if not exclusive, role (McDavid & McDavid, 1951; Mufwene, 1996; Poplack, 2000; Poplack & Tagliamonte, 2001). Though some analyses of AAE allow for substrate influence from creole and/or African languages in its development (cf. Winford, 1997, 1998; Rickford, 1998, 2006; Wolfram & Thomas, 2002; Holm, 2004), many studies place a particular focus on Earlier African American varieties or Diaspora varieties, such as the Ex-Slave Recordings, Samaná English, and Liberian Settler English rather than contemporary AAE varieties spoken within U.S. borders (cf. Rickford, 1977, 1997, 2006; DeBose, 1988; Schneider 1989; Bailey, Maynor, & Cukor-Avila, 1991; Hannah, 1997; Singler, 1998, 2007a, 2007b; Kautzsch 2002). This research has helped further linguists’ understanding of AAE yet does not reflect its full history in the United States.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The Language of Black Women in the Smoky Mountain Region of Appalachia.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Mallinson, C.; and Childs, B.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Picone, M. D.; and Davies, C. E., editor(s),
New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 475–491. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The intersection of African American English and Black American Sign Language.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Lucas, C.; Bayley, R.; McCaskill, C.; and Hill, J.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
International Journal of Bilingualism, 19(2): 156–168. April 2015.\n
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@article{lucas_intersection_2015,\n\ttitle = {The intersection of {African} {American} {English} and {Black} {American} {Sign} {Language}},\n\tvolume = {19},\n\tissn = {1367-0069, 1756-6878},\n\turl = {http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1367006913489204},\n\tdoi = {10.1177/1367006913489204},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {2},\n\turldate = {2020-07-23},\n\tjournal = {International Journal of Bilingualism},\n\tauthor = {Lucas, Ceil and Bayley, Robert and McCaskill, Carolyn and Hill, Joseph},\n\tmonth = apr,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {Black ASL, Sign Language},\n\tpages = {156--168},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Language Use in African American Communities: An Introduction.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Lanehart, S. L.; and Malik, A. M.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 1–22. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_language_2015,\n\ttitle = {Language {Use} in {African} {American} {Communities}: {An} {Introduction}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-62},\n\tabstract = {This chapter provides readers with an overview of analyses of traditional and contemporary work on language use in African American communities in the Oxford Handbook of African American Language (OHAAL). This introduction provides a justification for the need to provide a variety of scholarly perspectives on African American Language (AAL) with respect to sociohistorical origins and perspectives, regional variation, structure and description, child language acquisition and development, education and pedagogy, social and cultural contexts, attitudes and beliefs, and identity. In addition, this Introduction serves to provide a discussion on clarity and specificity in discussions about naming and defining AAL (or African American English) as well as about what it is and is not. Finally, this Introduction serves to highlight a need for collaborative perspectives and innovative thinking while reasserting the need for better research and communication on AAL within and outside the linguistic community in general and sociolinguistics in particular.},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Lanehart, Sonja L. and Malik, Ayesha M.},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.62},\n\tkeywords = {Edited Volume, OHAAL},\n\tpages = {1--22},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n This chapter provides readers with an overview of analyses of traditional and contemporary work on language use in African American communities in the Oxford Handbook of African American Language (OHAAL). This introduction provides a justification for the need to provide a variety of scholarly perspectives on African American Language (AAL) with respect to sociohistorical origins and perspectives, regional variation, structure and description, child language acquisition and development, education and pedagogy, social and cultural contexts, attitudes and beliefs, and identity. In addition, this Introduction serves to provide a discussion on clarity and specificity in discussions about naming and defining AAL (or African American English) as well as about what it is and is not. Finally, this Introduction serves to highlight a need for collaborative perspectives and innovative thinking while reasserting the need for better research and communication on AAL within and outside the linguistic community in general and sociolinguistics in particular.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Oxford Handbook of African American Language.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Lanehart, S. L.,\n editor.\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n African American Voices in Atlanta.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Kretzschmar, W. A.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 219–235. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_african_2015,\n\ttitle = {African {American} {Voices} in {Atlanta}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Kretzschmar, William A.},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001},\n\tkeywords = {Atlanta, Georgia, Edited Volume, OHAAL, Regional Variation},\n\tpages = {219--235},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The Linguistic Status of Gullah-Geechee: Divergent Phonological Processes.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Klein, T. B.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Picone, M. D.; and Davies, C. E., editor(s),
New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 254–264. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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@incollection{picone_linguistic_2015,\n\taddress = {Tuscaloosa},\n\ttitle = {The {Linguistic} {Status} of {Gullah}-{Geechee}: {Divergent} {Phonological} {Processes}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-8173-1815-4},\n\tbooktitle = {New perspectives on language variety in the {South}: historical and contemporary approaches},\n\tpublisher = {University of Alabama Press},\n\tauthor = {Klein, Thomas B.},\n\teditor = {Picone, Michael D. and Davies, Catherine Evans},\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {Gullah},\n\tpages = {254--264},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hip-hop rhymes reiterate phonological typology.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Katz, J.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
Lingua, 160: 54–73. June 2015.\n
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@article{katz_hip-hop_2015,\n\ttitle = {Hip-hop rhymes reiterate phonological typology},\n\tvolume = {160},\n\tissn = {00243841},\n\turl = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0024384115000492},\n\tdoi = {10.1016/j.lingua.2015.03.005},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\turldate = {2020-07-23},\n\tjournal = {Lingua},\n\tauthor = {Katz, Jonah},\n\tmonth = jun,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {Hip Hop, Phonology},\n\tpages = {54--73},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Pragmatic Language of African American Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Synthesis of the Literature.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Hyter, Y. D.; Rivers, K. O.; and DeJarnette, G.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
Topics in Language Disorders, 35(1): 8–45. 2015.\n
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@article{hyter_pragmatic_2015,\n\ttitle = {Pragmatic {Language} of {African} {American} {Children} and {Adolescents}: {A} {Systematic} {Synthesis} of the {Literature}},\n\tvolume = {35},\n\tissn = {0271-8294},\n\tshorttitle = {Pragmatic {Language} of {African} {American} {Children} and {Adolescents}},\n\turl = {http://journals.lww.com/00011363-201501000-00004},\n\tdoi = {10.1097/TLD.0000000000000043},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {1},\n\turldate = {2020-04-29},\n\tjournal = {Topics in Language Disorders},\n\tauthor = {Hyter, Yvette D. and Rivers, Kenyatta O. and DeJarnette, Glenda},\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {Child AAE},\n\tpages = {8--45},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Variation in Vowel Duration Among Southern African American English Speakers.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Holt, Y. F.; Jacewicz, E.; and Fox, R. A.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24(3): 460–469. August 2015.\n
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@article{holt_variation_2015,\n\ttitle = {Variation in {Vowel} {Duration} {Among} {Southern} {African} {American} {English} {Speakers}},\n\tvolume = {24},\n\tissn = {1058-0360, 1558-9110},\n\turl = {http://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2015_AJSLP-14-0186},\n\tdoi = {10.1044/2015_AJSLP-14-0186},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {3},\n\turldate = {2020-04-29},\n\tjournal = {American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology},\n\tauthor = {Holt, Yolanda Feimster and Jacewicz, Ewa and Fox, Robert Allen},\n\tmonth = aug,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {North Carolina},\n\tpages = {460--469},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Balancing Pedagogy with Theory.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Hollie, S.; Butler, T.; and Gillenwaters, J.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Black ASL (American Sign Language) Project: An Overview.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Hill, J.; McCaskill, C.; Bayley, R.; and Lucas, C.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 316–337. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_black_2015,\n\ttitle = {The {Black} {ASL} ({American} {Sign} {Language}) {Project}: {An} {Overview}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-34},\n\turldate = {2020-04-29},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Hill, Joseph and McCaskill, Carolyn and Bayley, Robert and Lucas, Ceil},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.34},\n\tkeywords = {Black ASL, Edited Volume, OHAAL, Sign Language},\n\tpages = {316--337},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Syntax and Semantics in African American English.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Green, L. J.; and Sistrunk, W.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 355–370. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n What We Hear and What It Expresses: The Perception and Meaning of Vowel Differences among Dialects.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Fridland, V.; and Bartlett, K.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Picone, M. D.; and Davies, C. E., editor(s),
New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 523–535. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The Spread of the cot/caught Merger in the Speech of Memphians: An Ethnolinguistic Marker?.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Fridland, V.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Picone, M. D.; and Davies, C. E., editor(s),
New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 551–564. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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@incollection{picone_spread_2015,\n\taddress = {Tuscaloosa},\n\ttitle = {The {Spread} of the cot/caught {Merger} in the {Speech} of {Memphians}: {An} {Ethnolinguistic} {Marker}?},\n\tisbn = {978-0-8173-1815-4},\n\tbooktitle = {New perspectives on language variety in the {South}: historical and contemporary approaches},\n\tpublisher = {University of Alabama Press},\n\tauthor = {Fridland, Valerie},\n\teditor = {Picone, Michael D. and Davies, Catherine Evans},\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {Memphis, Tennessee, Vowels},\n\tpages = {551--564},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree: Incremental Change in Philadelphia Families.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Fisher, S.; Prichard, H.; and Sneller, B.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics, 21(2): Article 7. 2015.\n
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\n This paper considers the relative influence of the family and peer group on an individual’s grammar in a comparison of three female undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania. Automatic vowel measurement is used to assess the degree of participation of these young women and their families in the local phonology. While each woman’s vowel system contains less markedly Philadelphian features than her family members’, in no case is there an abrupt jump from the Philadelphia system to an unmarked system. We therefore conclude that the phonological reorganization in progress in Philadelphia, specifically the emergence of the nasal short-a system, is accomplished via an intermediate weak-system stage.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n A Century of Sound Change in Alabama.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Feagin, C.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Picone, M. D.; and Davies, C. E., editor(s),
New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 353–368. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n ‘First things first, I'm the realest’: Linguistic appropriation, white privilege, and the hip-hop persona of Iggy Azalea.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Eberhardt, M.; and Freeman, K.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
Journal of Sociolinguistics, 19(3): 303–327. June 2015.\n
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@article{eberhardt_first_2015,\n\ttitle = {‘{First} things first, {I}'m the realest’: {Linguistic} appropriation, white privilege, and the hip-hop persona of {Iggy} {Azalea}},\n\tvolume = {19},\n\tissn = {13606441},\n\tshorttitle = {‘{First} things first, {I}'m the realest’},\n\turl = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/josl.12128},\n\tdoi = {10.1111/josl.12128},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {3},\n\turldate = {2020-04-29},\n\tjournal = {Journal of Sociolinguistics},\n\tauthor = {Eberhardt, Maeve and Freeman, Kara},\n\tmonth = jun,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {Appropriation, Case Study},\n\tpages = {303--327},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Systematic Marking of Tense, Modality, and Aspect in African American Language.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n DeBose, C. E.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 371–386. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_systematic_2015,\n\ttitle = {The {Systematic} {Marking} of {Tense}, {Modality}, and {Aspect} in {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-18},\n\tabstract = {Tense, mood, and aspect is expressed in African American Language through overt markers and auxiliaries, as well as through default values assigned to unmarked predicates. Type I predicates have a default non-completive aspect/present tense interpretation that is redundantly marked by variable occurrence of the copula auxiliary is/are. Type II predicates have a default completive aspect/past tense interpretation that is redundantly marked by the completive marker done and the –ed suffix. Type III predicates have a default habitual aspect interpretation which is redundantly marked by variable occurrence of the –s suffix. Type IV predicates are marked non-completive aspect/present tense by default and are redundantly marked as such by the –s suffix. Selection of overt markers and complements is restricted to particular phrase types based on their value for the features [+/-verb] and [+/- stative].},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {DeBose, Charles E.},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.18},\n\tkeywords = {Aspect, Edited Volume, OHAAL, Syntax},\n\tpages = {371--386},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n Tense, mood, and aspect is expressed in African American Language through overt markers and auxiliaries, as well as through default values assigned to unmarked predicates. Type I predicates have a default non-completive aspect/present tense interpretation that is redundantly marked by variable occurrence of the copula auxiliary is/are. Type II predicates have a default completive aspect/past tense interpretation that is redundantly marked by the completive marker done and the –ed suffix. Type III predicates have a default habitual aspect interpretation which is redundantly marked by variable occurrence of the –s suffix. Type IV predicates are marked non-completive aspect/present tense by default and are redundantly marked as such by the –s suffix. Selection of overt markers and complements is restricted to particular phrase types based on their value for the features [+/-verb] and [+/- stative].\n
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Topics in Language Disorders, 35(1): 61–75. 2015.\n
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@article{dejarnette_ways_2015,\n\ttitle = {Ways of {Examining} {Speech} {Acts} in {Young} {African} {American} {Children}: {Considering} {Inside}-out and {Outside}-in {Approaches}},\n\tvolume = {35},\n\tissn = {0271-8294},\n\tshorttitle = {Ways of {Examining} {Speech} {Acts} in {Young} {African} {American} {Children}},\n\turl = {http://journals.lww.com/00011363-201501000-00006},\n\tdoi = {10.1097/TLD.0000000000000042},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {1},\n\turldate = {2020-04-29},\n\tjournal = {Topics in Language Disorders},\n\tauthor = {DeJarnette, Glenda and Rivers, Kenyatta O. and Hyter, Yvette D.},\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tkeywords = {Child AAE, Speech Pathology},\n\tpages = {61--75},\n}\n\n\n\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 163–180. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_rural_2015,\n\ttitle = {Rural {Texas} {African} {American} {Vernacular} {English}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390},\n\turldate = {2020-04-12},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Cukor-Avila, Patricia and Bailey, Guy},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001},\n\tkeywords = {Edited Volume, OHAAL, Regional Variation, Rural, Texas},\n\tpages = {163--180},\n}\n\n\n\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 800–816. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_african_2015,\n\ttitle = {African {American} {English} in the {Middle} {Class}},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-44},\n\tabstract = {The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of the emerging body of research aimed at examining the use and perception of African American English (AAE) by middle class speakers. While many scholars have pointed out that AAE falls on a continuum of social dialect features that reflect a speaker’s socioeconomic status, among other factors, the use of AAE by middle class speakers has often been overlooked in favor of the idealized, vernacular speech patterns of working class African Americans and urban African American male youth. Yet, an emerging body of research provides evidence that the use of AAE by middle class speakers is rich and dynamic, reflecting the complex social, economic, and professional domains that shape middle class African American life and linguistic behavior. Finally, we reflect on linguistic definitions of the AAE continuum vis-à-vis middle class speakers.},\n\turldate = {2020-04-29},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Britt, Erica and Weldon, Tracey L.},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.44},\n\tkeywords = {Edited Volume, Middle Class, OHAAL},\n\tpages = {800--816},\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of the emerging body of research aimed at examining the use and perception of African American English (AAE) by middle class speakers. While many scholars have pointed out that AAE falls on a continuum of social dialect features that reflect a speaker’s socioeconomic status, among other factors, the use of AAE by middle class speakers has often been overlooked in favor of the idealized, vernacular speech patterns of working class African Americans and urban African American male youth. Yet, an emerging body of research provides evidence that the use of AAE by middle class speakers is rich and dynamic, reflecting the complex social, economic, and professional domains that shape middle class African American life and linguistic behavior. Finally, we reflect on linguistic definitions of the AAE continuum vis-à-vis middle class speakers.\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n African American Language in Pittsburgh and the Lower Susquehanna Valley.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Bloomquist, J.; and Gooden, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In Lanehart, S. L., editor(s),
The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 236–255. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 280–298. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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Early Childhood Education Journal, 43(2): 127–134. March 2015.\n
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New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 565–580. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, pages 755–769. Oxford University Press, July 2015.\n
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@incollection{lanehart_swb_2015,\n\ttitle = {{SWB} ({Speaking} while {Black})},\n\tisbn = {978-0-19-979539-0},\n\turl = {http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199795390-e-68},\n\tabstract = {This chapter describes several instances of linguistic bigotry against speakers of African American Vernacular English. Race, language, and the Ebonics controversy are reviewed prior to the presentation of experimental evaluations of linguistic profiling related to housing discrimination across the United States. Evidence pertaining to racially motivated linguistic discrimination is presented in reference to technical phonetic evaluations of diverse American dialects. The experimental findings, although derived from research on housing discrimination, prove relevant to other forms of linguistic prejudice; evidence of vitriolic linguistic ridicule surfaced during the George Zimmerman murder trial in response to the testimony of Rachel Jeantel. Due to substantial linguistic bias in America (and elsewhere), the need for educational programs that expose linguistic prejudice and prepare students who may become victims of linguistic discrimination will be necessary. Concluding remarks synthesize observations regarding linguistic profiling in housing, on the job, in the courts, and in educational contexts.},\n\turldate = {2020-07-27},\n\tbooktitle = {The {Oxford} {Handbook} of {African} {American} {Language}},\n\tpublisher = {Oxford University Press},\n\tauthor = {Baugh, John},\n\teditor = {Lanehart, Sonja L.},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2015},\n\tdoi = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795390.013.68},\n\tkeywords = {Edited Volume, Education, OHAAL},\n\tpages = {755--769},\n}\n\n\n\n
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New perspectives on language variety in the South: historical and contemporary approaches, pages 536–550. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2015.\n
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\n This chapter introduces readers to the concept of Hip Hop Nation Language (HHNL). The use of the term in the United States has generally referred to language and language use within the Hip Hop Nation, a diverse, imagined community whose members (known as “heads”) practice and/or appreciate Hip Hop’s expressive culture. Specifically, the use of HHNL has been tied to the linguistic systems and cultural modes of discourse that both derive from and reinvent the African American Oral Tradition. This chapter outlines the ten tenets of HHNL and demonstrates its complexity by examining Hip Hop heads’ unabated drive for stylistic distinction, creativity, manipulation of grammar and pronunciation, and the politics and pleasure involved in their use of the verbal art of slang. The chapter concludes by exploring some ways that the variety has simultaneously localized and globalized.\n
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