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African American Vernacular English
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is AAVE?
a variety of English that has been called Ebonics
ar archaic form of British dialects
a system with patterns of grammar, vocabulary and phonology
all of them
- 2. Multiple Choice
Is African-American Vernacular English spoken all the time?
No
Yes
- 3. Multiple Choice
Is AAVE still spoken today?
yes
no
- 4. Poll
Think about the people who speak AAVE. Where did you meet with it?
music
films
social media
all of them
- 5. Multiple Choice
How many hypotheses are there about the emergence of AAVE?
1
2
3
none
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does the Creole Hypothesis postulate?
It postulates a creole origin of AAVE.
AAVE appeared due to hip-hip music.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What do the new debates say?
The hypotheses are different and unreal.
The hypotheses do not exclude each other.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What do the new debates say?
The hypotheses are different and unreal.
The hypotheses do not exclude each other.
- 9. Fill in the Blank
What hypothesis did Labov and the other formulate?
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is AAVE?
a language
a dialect
a pidgin
- 11. Multiple Choice
Is AAVE understood by Standard English Speakers?
Yes
No
- 12. Fill in the Blank
What does AAVE mean?
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