Ebook: The Development of African American English

This book focuses on one of the most persistent and controversial questions in modern sociolinguistics: the past and present development of African American Vernacular English (AAVE).

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–11):
Chapter 2 Issues in the Development of African American English (pages 12–31):
Chapter 3 Defining the Enclave Dialect Community (pages 32–46):
Chapter 4 The Social History of Mainland Hyde County (pages 47–65):
Chapter 5 Morphosyntactic Alignment in Hyde County English (pages 66–94):
Chapter 6 Vocalic Alignment in Hyde County English (pages 95–124):
Chapter 7 Consonantal Alignment in Hyde County English (pages 125–150):
Chapter 8 Intonational Alignment in Hyde County English (pages 151–159):
Chapter 9 The Individual and Group in Earlier African American English (pages 160–183):
Chapter 10 Beyond Hyde County: The Past and Present Development of AAVE (pages 184–212):