Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the nonstandard varieties of English spoken by African Americans.
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- proper noun
African American Vernacular English .
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- noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Alan, As Rekrul mentions below, the term Ebonics has all sorts of history that goes with it.
Techdirt 2009
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But the fact of the matter is that even though Ebonics is English - I just said Ebonics, because even I've gotten into the habit, after 14 years.
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But the fact of the matter is that even though Ebonics is English - I just said Ebonics, because even I've gotten into the habit, after 14 years.
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But the fact of the matter is that even though Ebonics is English - I just said Ebonics, because even I've gotten into the habit, after 14 years.
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In terms of Negro dialect, look, Ebonics, which is Ebony Phonics, the combination of the word in 1975 by Robert Williams, is different than Negro dialect.
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As for what is inaccurately characterized as Ebonics in the book, Id have to wonder if someone who could see such a shadow where none exists might not be carrying around their own collection of racial guilt or if theyve ever even had any close friends of another race at all.
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BVE aka Ebonics is not to be thought of as a separate language.
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It's not easy to find a more politically correct mayor than Quan, a UC Berkeley-educated pol who backed the disaster known as Ebonics during her stint on the Oakland school board.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com William Bradley 2011
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Ebonics, which is also known as African American Vernacular English, has been described by the man who coined the term as the combination of English vocabulary with African language structure.
The Agitator 2010
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