similar to or different from the features discussed in this chapter? (Keep in mind that we have in no way presented a comprehensive list of features of AAVE; you may need to consult other research on AAVE if you want to draw conclusions about whether this fits with linguists’ descriptions of the dialect.) Name and describe the features and give examples from the novel you are using. Do you think this writing represents authentic speech? What do you know about the author that contributes to your position on this?
Further Reading
1 Cukor‐Avila, P. and A. Balcazar (2019). Exploring grammatical variation in the corpus of regional African American language. American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage 94(1): 36–53.
2 Hughes, Arthur, Peter Trudgill, and Dominic Watt (2013). English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles. Abingdon: Routledge. This fifth edition offers an up‐to‐date description and discussion of British Isles dialects, including both rural and urban varieties which reflect the contemporary societies of this region.
3 Jaffe, A. and N. Coupland (2016). Indexicality, stance and fields in sociolinguistics. In Sociolinguistics: Theoretical Debates. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 86–112. For students interested in how language is used to position speakers, this book explores this topic through research in a variety of languages and cultures.
4 Lanehart, Sonja L. (ed.) (2015). The Oxford Handbook of African American Language. New York: Oxford University Press. This volume offers an overview of African American language and its development, structure, and use.
5 Simmons, R. V. (2017). Whence came Mandarin? Qīng Guānhuà, the Běijīng dialect, and the national language standard in Early Republican China. Journal of American Oriental Society 137(1): 63–88.
6 Wiggins, B. E. (2019). The Discursive Power of Memes in Digital Culture: Ideology, Semiotics, and Intertextuality. London: Routledge.
7 Wolfram, W. and N. Schilling (2015). American English: Dialects and Variation, vol. 25. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. A comprehensive discussion both of issues in the study of dialects and of dialects specific to the US context, this text addresses theoretical issues involved in the study of language variation as well as applications of this knowledge to educational contexts.
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