LING 70 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kashia Band Of Pomo Indians Of The Stewarts Point Rancheria, Language Death, Ethnobotany
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Reality- wide range of highly nuanced variation in linguistic structure. Stereotypes- invariant and grossly mischaracterized depictions of aa english. Question: what do we mean by african american english. Not necessarily accurate or detailed or controlled (by folk linguistic perspective) Merger of kit and dress next to nasals. /th/ as [f] inside and at ends of words (cid:858)(cid:373)outh(cid:859) -> mouf. /th/ pronounced as [d] at starts of words. Absence of copula and auxiliary ~ is/are. Negati(cid:448)e ai(cid:374)t for is(cid:374)(cid:859)t, are(cid:374)(cid:859)t, has(cid:374)(cid:859)t, ha(cid:448)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t. I aint never gonna tell her anything anymore. I aint never gonna tell her nothing no more. Not i aint ever gonna tell her nothing anymore. Some of these are components of stereotyped knowledge of aave. She been married (cid:862) he(cid:859)s (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:373)arried (cid:894) for a lo(cid:374)g ti(cid:373)e(cid:895) He been ate it (cid:862) he ate it (cid:894) a lo(cid:374)g ti(cid:373)e ago(cid:895) He do(cid:374)e did it (cid:862) he(cid:859)s alread(cid:455) do(cid:374)e it(cid:863) The(cid:455) do(cid:374)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) sitti(cid:374). (cid:862)the(cid:455) had (cid:271)ee(cid:374) sitti(cid:374)g(cid:863)
