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CSLI Calendar, 8 April 1998, vol. 13:28 (2/2)

recently conducted with speakers spanning over a century in apparent
time. The analysis suggests: (1) that the earlier vernacular speech of
African Americans was much more localized than many contemporary
versions of AAVE; (2) that AAVE has maintained long-term, selective
ethnolinguistic distinctiveness even while accommodating detailed
features of localized Anglo varieties; and (3) that current-day AAVE
is moving toward a more expansive set of core AAVE features as it
moves away from marked regional varieties associated with Anglo
speakers.  Explanation for this development centers on the structural
dynamics of linguistic accommodation in language contact, the changing
character of migration and social interaction in many African American
communities, and the ethnic focusing of a common core AAVE features
that has accelerated over the last half century.
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