dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Philip, William | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Reuland, Eric | |
dc.contributor.author | Morés, A.C. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-25T17:01:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-25 | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-25T17:01:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/8371 | |
dc.description.abstract | A 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.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | The Role of Successive Bilingualism in Dialect Variation: The Case of AAVE. | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | individual variation, dialect variation, African-American Vernacular English, aspectual-be, null copula, dialect acquisition | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Linguistics: the Study of the Language Faculty | |