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- However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but more…
- This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and…
- And instead of getting a pepper-and-salt effect, we find very clear and sharp divisions between the dialects of the United States, which are getting more…
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