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dc.contributor.advisorPhilip, William
dc.contributor.advisorReuland, Eric
dc.contributor.authorMorés, A.C.
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-25T17:01:33Z
dc.date.available2011-08-25
dc.date.available2011-08-25T17:01:33Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/8371
dc.description.abstractA traditional assumption, widespread among linguists and non-linguists alike, is that non-standard dialects are subject to much more individual variation than standard varieties. This thesis is concerned with a non-standard dialect of American English called the African-American Vernacular of English (i.e. AAVE) and investigates the amount of individual variation in this particular variety. The following discussion is based on the findings of a theoretical study on the use of two grammatical properties, aspectual-Be and the null copula, by speakers of AAVE in the state of Mississippi and demonstrates how successive bilingualism can explain the high degree of individual variation typically found in non-standard linguistic varieties.
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
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dc.language.isoen
dc.titleThe Role of Successive Bilingualism in Dialect Variation: The Case of AAVE.
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsindividual variation, dialect variation, African-American Vernacular English, aspectual-be, null copula, dialect acquisition
dc.subject.courseuuLinguistics: the Study of the Language Faculty


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