Gullah Negation
A Variable Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7627359 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tracey L Weldon (0000-0003-1413-4678, University of South Carolina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 341-366 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| 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 | 10.1215/00031283-2007-023 |
| OpenAlex | W2116049441 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 47 |
This article provides a variable analysis of negation in Gullah and considers the implications of the observed patterns of variability for the debate over the history and development of African American English (AAE). For many years now, linguists have debated over the possibility of an AAE-creole connection and have hypothesized in particular about the putative role of Gullah (or a Gullah-like creole) on the origins and development of AAE. In recent years, negation has become a central topic in this debate, with examinations of variable negation in both early and contemporary varieties of AAE. However, practically no analysis has been done on the system of variable negation in Gullah. This study aims to fill this gap in the literature by providing a quantitative analysis of variable negation in both copula and noncopula constructions in Gullah. While no definitive claims are made about the AAE-Gullah connection based on this analysis, certain patterns in the data, such as the alternation between ain't and didn't in past contexts, allow for the possibility of a historical connection between the two varieties
Alternation (linguistics · Connection (principal bundle · Copula (linguistics · Creole language · Genealogy · Linguistics · Negation · Variable (mathematics · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
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The Development of African American English
Dynamics of a Creole System
A Word Geography of the Eastern United States
Re-Examining Vernacular Black English
The Emergence of Black English
On The Origins of African American Vernacular English — A Creolist Perspective
Re-examining Vernacular Black English
A Note on Ain't Vs. Didn't Negation in African American Vernacular
Adjectives and Copulas in Sranan Tongo
The Zero-Marked Verb
The ain't constraint
Back to the past
Negation and the history of African American English
Copula variability in Gullah
There's no tense like the present
Variability in negation in African American Vernacular English
African American English in the diaspora
On the history of Black English in the USA
Observations on Time Reference in Jamaican and Guyanese Creoles
Black English
Dimensions of a Creole Continuum
Africanisms in Afro-American Language Varieties
Language and Social Networks
Predication in Caribbean English Creoles
On Dialect
Copula Absence in Samana English
Variability of the Copula in Black English and Its Creole Kin
Toward a New Perspective in Negro English Dialectology
S or Nothing
Another Look at the Copula in Black English and Caribbean Creoles
The Philadelphia Story in the Spanish Caribbean
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Liberian Letters and Virginian Narratives
The intersection of sex and social class in the course of linguistic change
The Relationship of the Speech of American Negroes to the Speech of Whites
Prior Creolization of African-American Vernacular English? Sociohistorical and Textual Evidence from the 17th and 18th Centuries
The Social Differentiation of English in Norwich
Objectivity and commitment in linguistic science
The Nature of a Creole Continuum
How Black EnglishPastgot to the present
Language in the Inner City
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |