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Consonants
1. Clusters at the ends of wordsconsonant cluster is reduced variably
and systematically.
a. If the next words starts with a
consonant, it is more likely reduced
Ex. (west side- wes side
b. If the next word starts with vowels
there is no reduction
Ex. West end- west end
c. END OF A WORD
-unvoiced sound th is pronounced as
f but when the preceeding sound is
nasals (n,m) it is pronounced as t
3. The sounds of l and r
-l and r undergo a process called
vocalization
Ex. Sister- sistuh
-r is not pronounced after the vowel of
o and u
Ex. Door- doe
Lexicon and
Semantics
variety
2. list of lexical items that are subdivided
into thematic topics
3. as a repository of words, distinct from
slang that are part of African American
community.
Syntax of African
American English
Example
Pre-recent
I been bought it
Recent
I done buy ita
Past
Pre-present
I did buy it
Past Inceptive
I do buy it
Present
I be buying it
Immediate
I'm a-buy it
I'm a-gonna buy
Future
Post-immediate
it
Indefinite future I gonna buy it
Negation
The word ain't is used as a general negative indicator. Some speakers of AAVE use ain't
instead of don't, doesn't and didn't.
Ex.I aint know that. (I dont know that.)
.
In a negative construction, an indefinite pronoun such as nobody or nothing can be inverted with the negative verb.
Ex. Dont nobody know the answer. (Nobody doesnt know the answer.)
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