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African American Vernacular English: Features, Evolution, Educational Implications

ISBN: 978-0-631-21245-4

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428 pages

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* Written by a leading scholar within the Ebonics debate with 30 years of experience in the topic.
* Reflects the author's fluency in Guyanese Creole English and research experience with such related varieties as Barbadian, Jamaican, and Gullah.
* Reflects an expertise that resulted in the author's many appearances and consultations in the media and at conferences as a commentator/expert in the weeks and months following the 1996 Ebonics controversy.
* Encompasses the features, evolution, and educational implications of AAVE/Ebonics.
* Provides a superb wide-ranging survey of essential themes and issues in contemporary African American Vernacular English.