LINGUIS 155AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Haitian Creole, Derek Bickerton, Creole Language
12 Jan 2017
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Origins of aae: controversy over its history and roots. Variety of english spoken by many but not all aa. Ebonics - name for type of dialect viewed to have been evolved some way. Features reflect west african language (afrocentric view) Develop from creole lang widespread throughout plantation south before civil. Reflect non standard english dialects (eurocentric view) Origin (within 60 years) and reflect racial isolation and segregation of aa. Specific type of language mixture in certain type of southern plantations. Distinctive features come from africa (west african countries) Nigeria 413, benin 52, togo 42, ghana 44. The view that many or most of the features of aae reflect the linguistic features of west african languages. Most west african languages do not allow consonant clusters. A west african is likely to pronounce: No /th/ sound in most african languages. This - dis and with - wit" or wif".
