Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used, and now a new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English.
Seattle Times: Seattle’s history of Black language: African American English, code-switching and why it matters today
Seattle’s history of Black language: African American English, code-switching and why it matters today
How African American Vernacular English has shaped our country’s language and culture. African American Vernacular English has shaped the rhythm of our country’s language and culture for decades. Yet ...
African American English derives from a historical past of contact between multiple language speakers. It varies across age, ethnicity, class, and gender. There is more than one AAE. | Iryna ...
insider.si.edu: Out of the mouths of slaves : African American language and educational malpractice / John Baugh ; foreword by William Labov
Pt. 1. Orientation. Some common misconceptions about African American vernacular English -- Language and race: some implications of bias for linguistic science. Pt. 2. The relevance of African ...
Out of the mouths of slaves : African American language and educational malpractice / John Baugh ; foreword by William Labov
Yahoo: Many Black Americans speak African American English. But is it embraced in schools?
Many Black Americans speak African American English. But is it embraced in schools?
NPR: A new dictionary will document the lexicon of African American English
“Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ’Round” is a crowd favorite for the Northwest African American Museum’s African American Choir Ensemble. Based on the spiritual “Don’t You Let Nobody Turn You ’Round,” ...