Copula Contraction and Deletion among African American Vernacular English* (AAVE) Speakers
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2014.36..211
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
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This is a cross-sectional study designed to analyze the correlation between thestructural and social variables and the pattern of contraction and deletion of thecopula verb in the speech of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) speakersin Athens in Georgia, USA using a questionnaire. The results show that the frequencyof copula contraction is higher than that of deletion in all factor groups includingthe age of the speakers where this study found that younger speakers tend tohave higher frequency of contraction and deletion of the copula than older speakers. This study analyzes this as a function of the fact that younger speakers of AAVEare conscious of the linguistic and social differences between AAVE speakersand speakers of Standard American English (SAE) and they consciously make choices regarding which norm to use at which contexts to satisfy their communicativeand socio-cultural needs. This sort of conscious social behavior is not likely todisappear with age rather it might increase as a correlate of the perceived physical,socio-cultural and psychological distance between AAVE speakers and speakersof other varieties. This study shows that such perceived linguistic, socio-culturaland psychological distance has negative effects on pedagogy and I proffer theremedy.
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