Sociolinguistics African American Vernacular English (AAVE)

Abstract

This studied was carried out at Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST), it entitled “ African American Vernacular English AAVE”. AAVE is a widespread dialect spoken by the black American people of African origin in different towns of USA. This study serves as analogy between the AAVE and the Standard Language of America for the purpose of finding out the similarities and the differences between them. This study points out the discrepancy between AAVE and the Standard Language (SL). Also, the study looked at the phonological, grammatical and lexical differences between the two dialects. The methodology of this study is analytical method. The study consists of five chapters. Chapter one consists of overview, statementsThe study consists of five chapters. Chapter one consists of overview, statements of the problem, the questions of the study, the hypotheses of the study, objective of the study, the significance of the study, the limitation of the study and methodology of the study. Chapter two consists of theoretical framework and literature review. Moreover, the researcher speaks about the variety of dialects within the English language, and then he sheds some light on the different terminology of these dialects. The researcher gives great deal of details about the matter of AAVE in terms of its origin and speakers. Furthermore, in the third chapter, the researcher speaks about the AAVE’s community and the method followed to compile the data, in addition to, the methodology adopted by the researcher. In the fourth chapter, the findings pointed out that, there are considerabledifferences between AAVE and SL in terms of lexical, phonological andgrammatical aspects. Nevertheless, it states that, the AAVE descended from the SL and each one has its distinctive features. Lastly, the researcher provides summary about the study and he shows the final results of the study.