You ain't no never say that! - Ebonics as a linguistic variety and attitudes towards it.
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Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2+ (B), University of Cologne (English Seminar), language: English, abstract: There are several definitions about what language variations are and numerous labels
have been given to them. A. D. Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Education at the
University of Manchester, for example distinguished four different kinds of dialects that
can be found in almost every language.1 According to Edwards the Standard Dialect is
that variety, which is most commonly used in everyday life, in media, government,
religion - and on every other occasion "when speech most closely resembles the
written form".2 Geographical Dialects evolve out of isolation of groups of speakers of
one language. The more time passes, the less theses speakers will sound the same
and differences in pronunciation, grammar and lexis will occur, creating regional
divergences of the source language. The same can happen in microcosmic relation,
for example in urban life, where sharp differences in speech between speakers not
only reflect but also reinforce social distances. Variations here are called Social Class
Dialects. Last not least, Edwards determines the Ethnic Dialect as a variation that
"often contains reminders of the 'native' language, the intrusion of 'foreign' sound,
words and structures, and it often reflects the residential and perhaps occupational
segregation."3
And this is what the whole issue of Ebonics, of Black English, of African
American Vernacular English (AAVE) in America deals with. It raises questions: What
is Black English and what characterizes it? Is it a dialect, a language? How does
segregation show in the use of a language, and what is the public opinion towards
black slang? What do the blacks think about their own way of communication? This
paper will take a close look at these questions and will show aspects of controversies
in America's current public discussions. It will show that the concept of Ebonics is
mores than just a plain way of speaking and how a language - at the same time - can
be a symbol of status as well as a social curse to a whole culture.
1 Edwards, J. A., Language in Culture and Class.
2 Edwards, J. A., 1976, p. 46.
3 Edwards, J. A., 1976, p. 48.
have been given to them. A. D. Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Education at the
University of Manchester, for example distinguished four different kinds of dialects that
can be found in almost every language.1 According to Edwards the Standard Dialect is
that variety, which is most commonly used in everyday life, in media, government,
religion - and on every other occasion "when speech most closely resembles the
written form".2 Geographical Dialects evolve out of isolation of groups of speakers of
one language. The more time passes, the less theses speakers will sound the same
and differences in pronunciation, grammar and lexis will occur, creating regional
divergences of the source language. The same can happen in microcosmic relation,
for example in urban life, where sharp differences in speech between speakers not
only reflect but also reinforce social distances. Variations here are called Social Class
Dialects. Last not least, Edwards determines the Ethnic Dialect as a variation that
"often contains reminders of the 'native' language, the intrusion of 'foreign' sound,
words and structures, and it often reflects the residential and perhaps occupational
segregation."3
And this is what the whole issue of Ebonics, of Black English, of African
American Vernacular English (AAVE) in America deals with. It raises questions: What
is Black English and what characterizes it? Is it a dialect, a language? How does
segregation show in the use of a language, and what is the public opinion towards
black slang? What do the blacks think about their own way of communication? This
paper will take a close look at these questions and will show aspects of controversies
in America's current public discussions. It will show that the concept of Ebonics is
mores than just a plain way of speaking and how a language - at the same time - can
be a symbol of status as well as a social curse to a whole culture.
1 Edwards, J. A., Language in Culture and Class.
2 Edwards, J. A., 1976, p. 46.
3 Edwards, J. A., 1976, p. 48.
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