Grammatical Reanalysis and the Multiple N-Words in African American English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6031997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Taylor Jones (0000-0003-2077-6757, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author), Christopher Hall (0000-0003-1558-163X, CulturePoint, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 478-512 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00031283-7611213 |
| OpenAlex | W2951921575 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 35 |
African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is developing a class of previously undescribed function words, facilitated by the semantic generalization of the word nigga. The authors demonstrate that nigga is unspecified for race, gender, or humanness. They argue that there are multiple n-words, fulfilling different grammatical and social functions. Using a variety of sources, they show that there are new pronouns in AAVE based on nigga—moreover, they pattern with pronouns, not imposters, with respect to binding, agreement, and theta-role assignment. Vocatives and honorics are also explored. The article concludes with a discussion of the origin of these forms and their relevance both to linguistic controversy and to societal controversy around the taboo word and the stigmatized dialect
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African American English
Language universals and linguistic typology
Die Sprachwissenschaft
Black Street Speech
Racial Formation in the United States
American Sociological Association
The development of a new pronoun
Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States
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Steady
Patterns in the mind
Toward a Description of African American Vernacular English Dialect Regions Using “Black Twitter
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Phonological and Phonetic Characteristics of African American Vernacular English
Language and linguistics on trial
Testifying while black
Some principles of linguistic methodology
The regional context of earlier African American speech
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Nigger
Language in the Inner City
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |