ENG 5150 AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENGLISH

AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF BLACK ENGLISH AND ITS LINGUISTIC FEATURES DURING DIFFERENT PERIODS. AN ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CULTURAL CONTEXT AND LANGUAGE USE IN BLACK ENGLISH AND THOSE OF STANDARD ENGLISH. TITLE CHANGED AS OF 7/26/07 PREVIOUS TITLE: ORIGINS, STRUCTURES AND USES OF BLACK ENGLISH