Essay - The Study of African American Vernacular English There Are A...

The Study of African American Vernacular English

***** are a couple of theories *****s to the origin ***** African American Vernacular Englsh (AAVE). Some linguists believe that the language derives from West African languages. This dialect *****ory is based on the knowledge that most African ********** who were brought to the United States from Africa had ***** learn how to speak Engl*****h by ear. The may have picked up some of the English words incorrectly and incorporated the incorrect words in *****ir language. Another theory is called the Creole Hypothesis. This theory bases its origin on the thought that slaves developed the language themselves. The slaves, who came from many different countries in Africa formulated AAVE so that they ***** talk am*****gst themselves. They developed with is called a pidgin by combining ***** from their own language ***** new words ***** America. ***** used grammar and speech patterns that were kn***** ***** them from their own language as well. The language w***** then indirectly taught, or passed on to their children ***** children's children. Future generations no***** know the AAVE language (Where Did It Come at (http://www.arches.uga.edu/~bryan/*****/).

***** theorists have even gone so far to erroneously ***** that AAVEs are the result of a deficient in the bra*****s of black children. It has been said ***** black children cannot learn Standard English, therefore this ***** is called the Deficient *****ory. ***** suggests that black ***** are trying to speak Standard English but always fall short. As a result system for black children ***** learn ***** English was developed the system was called, DISTAR Direct Instruction Systems ***** Teaching Arithmetic and Reading. The program set out to teach children how to write ***** speak Standard *****—a more acceptable language. (Controversy of Black English (http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Colleges/SCHOLAR/ac/papers97/Gilbert-Manning-Paper.html). It is also necessary ***** note that before the AAVE name was dubbed, the ***** spoken was called simply Black English. However, it changed partly because black people are not the only race or culture to speak ***** dialect. ***** name ***** ***** changed because there was a stigmatism attached that labeled Black ***** as an inferior *****. This ***** ***** likely due to prejudices at the time.

The ***** w***** changed to AAVE around ***** 1970s. Most speakers of AAVE live in *****'s urban *****as. And because not all ********** Americans live in ***** areas, it is impossible to say that all *****s speak AAVE. Ho*****ever most African Americans do ***** ***** knowledge of AAVE. They may not ***** it, ***** they understand *****. In most cases AAVE is spoken at home or among close friends and Standard English is the language spoken in polite society.

African Americans feels that they cannot speak ***** in public because it is viewed as slang, and grammatic*****y incorrect. To speak AAVE in ***** is almost identical to saying a curse word in a university speech. The difference is th*****t most people would know what the curse word means, but polite ***** may seem clueless as ***** the meaning behind