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tishaLA

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6. There are some great people working on this

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2022, 05:19 PM

Jul 2022

Especially John Rickford. I read a lot of his work in grad school when I was working on a paper for my American Philology class. He's probably the most influential figure in how we understand AAVE. Sonja Lanehart has also done some important work about African American Women's language.

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Oxford University Press + Harvard is creating a dictionary of African American English UPDATE [View all] irisblue Jul 2022 OP

That will be fun. I love 1920s-era AA slang viva la Jul 2022 #1

Lexical Borrowing Triloon Jul 2022 #2

Today I Learned-"the word "Borrowing" here is a technical term in linguistics" irisblue Jul 2022 #3

and I thank you. Triloon Jul 2022 #4

I was puttering in the kitchen, heard the NPR article and thought Damn! Good idea. irisblue Jul 2022 #5

There are some great people working on this tishaLA Jul 2022 #6