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African American Vernacular English
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/African_American_Vernacular_English
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:language
gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:AAVE
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Black_English
gptkb:Ebonics
gptkbp:codename
en
aae
gptkbp:controversy
education
standardization
legitimacy
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature
gptkb:dictionary
gptkb:syntax
gptkb:phonology
pronunciation
aspectual be
consonant cluster reduction
copula absence
double negatives
final -s reduction
habitual aspect
use of 'ain't'
gptkbp:hasNoOfficialStatus
true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
African American Vernacular English
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Creole_languages
gptkb:West_African_languages
gptkb:Southern_American_English
gptkbp:languageFamily
gptkb:Anglic
gptkb:Germanic
gptkb:Indo-European
gptkb:West_Germanic
gptkb:Anglo-Frisian
English
gptkbp:notableContributor
gptkb:John_R._Rickford
gptkb:William_Labov
gptkb:Geneva_Smitherman
gptkb:Walt_Wolfram
gptkbp:notMutuallyIntelligibleWith
gptkb:Standard_English
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
true
gptkbp:recognizedBy
gptkb:Linguistic_Society_of_America
gptkbp:spokenIn
gptkb:African-American
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:studiedBy
gptkb:linguist
gptkbp:subjectOf
gptkb:Oakland_Ebonics_controversy
sociolinguistics
education policy debates
gptkbp:usedIn
gptkb:literature
gptkb:music
popular culture
gptkbp:writingSystem
gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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