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African American Vernacular English (Ebonics)

A Subject Guide providing suggested resources and other information for beginning research on the topic African American Vernacular English (Ebonics).

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African Americans -- English
African Americans -- Languages
African American Vernacular English
Africanisms
Black English
Code switching
Dialect
Ebonics
English language -- Social aspects
Slang