African-American Vernacular English
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English
Alternative forms
- African American Vernacular English
- African American vernacular English
- African-American vernacular English
Proper noun
African-American Vernacular English
- A variation of Modern English spoken predominantly by lower socioeconomic class individuals of African descent, usually in urban or suburban surroundings in the United States.
- Synonyms: African-American English, Afro-American Vernacular English, Black English, BE, Black English Vernacular, BEV, Ebonics, (colloquial, often pejorative) jive
Translations
variation of Modern English spoken by African-Americans
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See also
Further reading
African-American Vernacular English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
