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The Historical Evolution of Earlier African American English: An Empirical Comparison of Early Sources

Alexander Kautzsch

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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Historical Evolution of Earlier African American English: An Empirical Comparison of Early Sources. To get started finding The Historical Evolution of Earlier African American English: An Empirical Comparison of Early Sources, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 350

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Release: 2012

ISBN: 3110907976

Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Historical Evolution of Earlier African American English: An Empirical Comparison of Early Sources. To get started finding The Historical Evolution of Earlier African American English: An Empirical Comparison of Early Sources, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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