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Ebonics
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL): African American Vernacular English 
 Includes articles about African American Vernacular English (AAVE), also known as Ebonics. Includes links to related websites. From a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve communication "through better understanding of language and culture." http://www.cal.org/topics/dialects/aae.html Topics: Black Resources, English Language, Social Science Last updated Nov 10, 2006 Language Varieties
Information on five varieties of nonstandard English: pidgins, creoles, regional dialects, minority dialects, and indigenized varieties. Some of the specific varieties covered include Hawai'i Creole English (Pidgin); African American Vernacular English (AAVE), also called Ebonics or Black English; Singlish, spoken informally in Singapore; Aboriginal English (several dialects), used in Australia; and Newcastle English (Geordie), a regional dialect spoken in Tyneside in northeastern England. From the University of New England, Australia. http://www.une.edu.au/langnet/ Topics: Black Resources, English Language, Languages Last updated Jan 16, 2006 |
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