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Bookmark or Share- African American Vernacular English - University of Hawaii SystemAfrican American Vernacular English (AAVE) is the variety formerly known as Black English Vernacular or Vernacular Black English among sociolinguists, and commonly called Ebonics outside the academic community.
- What is Black English? What is Ebonics? - Rethinking SchoolsEbonics means, literally, “Black sounds.” The features of the language of African Americans — U. S. slave descendants of West and Niger-Congo African origin — has been recognized, described, and discussed for decades.
- African-American English - WikipediaAfrican-American English (or AAE; or Ebonics, also known as Black American English or simply Black English in American linguistics) is the umbrella term [1] for English dialects spoken predominantly by Black people in the United States and many in Canada; [2] most commonly, it refers to a dialect continuum ranging from African-American ...
- A History of the Term ‘Ebonics’ - Linguistics GirlThe term Ebonics has been criticized for reinforcing negative stereotypes about Black speech and perpetuating linguistic discrimination. In contrast, many view AAL as a more neutral and inclusive term that recognizes the complex linguistic and cultural heritage of Black American communities.
- Ebonics (word) - WikipediaSince the 1996 controversy over its use by the Oakland School Board, the term Ebonics has primarily been used to refer to the sociolects of African-American English, which typically are distinctively different from Standard American English.
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