AAVE terminology 0.0 / 5 ? English Language & LiteratureThe Color PurpleASEdexcel Created by: ella2424Created on: 13-05-14 19:33 omission of the verb 'to be' e.g. my mama dead 1 of 14 the unmarked possessive e.g. our new mammy high heel shoes 2 of 14 use of 'ain't' as a negative e.g. I ain't well 3 of 14 use of double negative e.g. he don't say nothing 4 of 14 present tense verbs uninflected for person/number e.g. he say, she die screaming 5 of 14 altered syntax (word order) in questions e.g. where it is? 6 of 14 lexis associated with the American south/idiolect e.g. knock me over with a feather 7 of 14 elision/contraction e.g. bout 8 of 14 ellipsis e.g. too sick to last long 9 of 14 minor sentence sentence fragment 10 of 14 multiple co-ordination more common than complex sentences using 'and' a lot in long sentences 11 of 14 simple and compound sentences rather than complex sentences . 12 of 14 starting sentences with co-ordinating conjunctions e.g. And now I feels sick 13 of 14 phonetic spelling e.g. she ast, git used to it 14 of 14
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