Archive:African American Vernacular English

• Of Improper Grammar-tology: Redux

  By brittany.t.coombs@gmail.com June 27, 2011

  In an earlier blog entry, I posited that by viewing "Ebonics"—officially dubbed African American Vernacular English (AAVE) by linguists—through the lens of deconstruction, not only can it be more grea

  Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog Tags: AAVE, African American Vernacular English, center and system, derrida, derrida and play, ebonics, ethnocentric bias, Malcolm X, Standard English, The Boondocks