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John R. Rickford, African American Vernacular English: Features, evolution, educational implications. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1999. Pp. xxviii, 399.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2002

James H. Yang
James H. Yang
Affiliation:
Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, hyang5@uiuc.edu
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Abstract

This book primarily addresses the following questions:

(a) What are the features of African American Vernacular English (AAVE), and how is it used?

(b) What is its evolution and where is it headed?

(c) What are its educational implications?

Type
REVIEW
Information
Language in Society , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 122 - 128
Copyright
Cambridge University Press

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