Contents:
Introduction 1. Some Aspects of African-American Vernacular English
Guy Bailey and
Erik Thomas 2. The Sentence in African-American Vernacular English
Stefan Martin and
Walt Wolfram 3. Aspect and Predicate Phrases in African-American Vernacular English
Lisa Green 4. The Structure of the Noun Phrase in African-American English
Salikoko S. Mufwene 5. Coexistent Systems in African-American English
William Labov 6. The Development of African-American Vernacular English, Focusing on the Creole Origin Issue
John R. Rickford 7. Word from the Hood: The Lexicon of African-American Vernacular English
Geneva Smitherman 8. African-American Language Use: Ideology and So-Called Obscenity
Arthur K. Spears 9. More than a Mood or an Attitude: Discourse and Verbal Genres in African-American Culture
Marcyliena Morgan 10. Linguistics, Education, and the Law: Education Reform for African-American Language Minority Students
John Baugh