The Historical Evolution of Earlier African American English : An Empirical Comparison of Early Sources /
Kautzsch, Alexander
The Historical Evolution of Earlier African American English : An Empirical Comparison of Early Sources / Alexander Kautzsch. - Reprint 2012 - 1 online resource (335 p.) : Ill. - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 38 1434-3452 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Data and methods -- Chapter 3. Negation patterns in Earlier AAE -- Chapter 4. The copula in Earlier AAE -- Chapter 5. Relativization in Earlier AAE -- Chapter 6. Comparison of written and spoken Earlier AAE179 -- Chapter 7. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index
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Based on a 500,000 word corpus of early sources collected from ex-slave narratives, ex-slave recordings, and interviews with hoodoo priests, this book reconstructs the English spoken by African Americans between 1830 and 1920. By means of detailed quantitative analyses, three linguistic features (negation patterns, copula usage, and relative marker choice) are interpreted along the lines of temporal change, regional diversity, and variation across gender. Additionally, some 300 non-standard letters written by African Americans in the 19th century are compared to the main corpus in order to identify differences between speech and writing.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110173017 9783110907971
10.1515/9783110907971 doi
African Americans--Languages--Sources.
African languages--Influence on English--Sources.
English language--Foreign elements--African--United States--Sources.
English language--History--United States--Sources.
Black English.
Geschichte 1830-1937.
USA.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
PE3102.N44
427
The Historical Evolution of Earlier African American English : An Empirical Comparison of Early Sources / Alexander Kautzsch. - Reprint 2012 - 1 online resource (335 p.) : Ill. - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 38 1434-3452 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Data and methods -- Chapter 3. Negation patterns in Earlier AAE -- Chapter 4. The copula in Earlier AAE -- Chapter 5. Relativization in Earlier AAE -- Chapter 6. Comparison of written and spoken Earlier AAE179 -- Chapter 7. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Based on a 500,000 word corpus of early sources collected from ex-slave narratives, ex-slave recordings, and interviews with hoodoo priests, this book reconstructs the English spoken by African Americans between 1830 and 1920. By means of detailed quantitative analyses, three linguistic features (negation patterns, copula usage, and relative marker choice) are interpreted along the lines of temporal change, regional diversity, and variation across gender. Additionally, some 300 non-standard letters written by African Americans in the 19th century are compared to the main corpus in order to identify differences between speech and writing.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110173017 9783110907971
10.1515/9783110907971 doi
African Americans--Languages--Sources.
African languages--Influence on English--Sources.
English language--Foreign elements--African--United States--Sources.
English language--History--United States--Sources.
Black English.
Geschichte 1830-1937.
USA.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
PE3102.N44
427