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A 12 page paper which examines the characteristics, phonological and syntactic features of Black English vernacular as compared to standard English. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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analysis of cultural communications, Gerry Philipsen observes, "Wherever there is a distinctive culture, there is to be found a distinctive code of communicative conduct" (Brown, 2002, p. 213). Certain
patterns of speech are reflective of class, geography, and culture for according to cultural historian Frantz Fanon, "To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax,
to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture" (Brown, 2002, p. 213). In America, for example, there is what
is known as standard English (SE), which is the linguistic ideal for its citizens. It is based on the classical manner of speech of the Founding Fathers and is
what is used in formal and written communications and business transactions. So important has the comprehension of and the ability to speak and write standard English become that those
lacking in those skills often languish at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. A longtime case in point is the African Americans, who have comprised the largest single ethnic
minority in the United States since the age of slavery. They brought with them their own language and grammar that was steeped deeply in the Niger and Congo regions,
and represented the folklore, cultures and traditions of these areas (Brown, 2002; Schnaiberg, 1994). However, the slaves were prohibited by their masters from speaking their native languages, so they
were forced to adopt English, but since most slaves were denied any type of formal education, the English they spoke was different than standard English in that it was intermingled
with the African dialects they brought with them (Schnaiberg, 1994). Linguistic analysis reveals differences between standard English brought over from England
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