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'Gwine': How accurate is the African-American dialect in early 20th c writing?
historical-change
african-american-vernacular-english
eye-dialect
What's the negative of the nonstandard perfect: "He done eat his breakfast"
dialects
negation
african-american-vernacular-english
Is there a "correct" definition of woke as an adjective?
meaning
slang
african-american-vernacular-english
What does "up in this grill" mean?
african-american-vernacular-english
Does the “a” of “I'ma” extend to other pronouns?
contractions
african-american-vernacular-english
"I'd-a lost"? What does this contraction stand for?
american-english
contractions
lyrics
african-american-vernacular-english
"I had been done that" Is this correct?
grammar
syntactic-analysis
non-standard
african-american-vernacular-english
As a shortening of "bourgeois", is "bougie" or "bourgie" correct?
orthography
formality
african-american-vernacular-english
clipping
What's the origin of this expression recorded in Louisiana, 1867?
etymology
american-english
pejorative-language
phrase-origin
african-american-vernacular-english
Where does "my ass" come from?
etymology
expressions
history
african-american-vernacular-english
"Bust a cap" meaning and derivation
etymology
expressions
american-english
african-american-vernacular-english
Is “What goes around comes around” African-American?
ambiguity
phrase-origin
semantic-shift
african-american-vernacular-english
"I leaked nothing to nobody." - SAE? AAVE? Deliberate double negative?
negation
double-negation
african-american-vernacular-english
Is the past participle becoming obsolete? (I have went)
past-tense
participles
african-american-vernacular-english
simple-past-as-past-participle
Auxiliary movement in AAVE
grammar
african-american-vernacular-english
African American Vernacular English
dialects
african-american-vernacular-english
He had his ears bored
etymology
idioms
slang
historical-change
african-american-vernacular-english
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