African American English has a zero possessive feature. Examples:
…at my sister apartment.
That’s Lisa dog.
And a possessive they:
They want to go to they friend's house.
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@carolinavonkampen.comAfrican American English has a zero possessive feature. Examples:
…at my sister apartment.
That’s Lisa dog.
And a possessive they:
They want to go to they friend's house.
@carolinavonkampen.comAfrican American English has a zero third-person singular present-tense -s.
Examples:
She sing.
He know where to go.
She walk to work.
@carolinavonkampen.comAfrican American English has a zero copula feature that drops the "to be" verb.
Examples:
She pretty.
They cool.
He studying.
The body tea.
@carolinavonkampen.comAfrican American English has a mood called "indignant come" that signals emotion or attitude.
Example: “She come walking in here like he owned the damn place.”
@carolinavonkampen.comHow to identify African American English's rules, patterns, and features!
Tense & Aspect: AAE has different tenses and aspects.
For example, the habitual be: www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/inva...
Other examples: stay, finna, stay.
@carolinavonkampen.comMore history of African American English:
1996 Oakland Ebonics Controversy
The Oakland school board decided to recognize “Ebonics” as the home language of African American students.
Acknowledged systematic, rule-governed patterns in African American speech.
@carolinavonkampen.com1979: Ann Arbor Black English Case
The school didn’t acknowledge the language variety their students were using.
Judge recognized “Black English” as a systematic language variety.
I'd never heard of this case! Wow. 🤯
@carolinavonkampen.comLet's debunk some myths!
AAE is NOT just slang and informal #language.
AAE is NOT just Standard American English with mistakes.
NOT every Black person speaks AAE, and some non-Black people speak AAE if they grew up in an AAE language environment.
@carolinavonkampen.comWhat should we call it?
Today, we use African American English.
But the term has evolved over the years from Ebonics to African American Vernacular English (AAVE) to African American English.
@carolinavonkampen.comAnglicist Theory of African American English
➡️ African American English comes from English varieties
➡️ Some features of African American English can be found in early British varieties
@carolinavonkampen.comCreolist Theory of African American English
➡️ Contact between West African languages and English resulted in a Creole
➡️ Decreolization resulted in modern-day African American English
@carolinavonkampen.comTwo theories of how African American English originated:
Creolist Theory and Anglicist Theory
@tanyagold.bsky.socialThe panel starts in 15 minutes! Come join us!
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@carolinavonkampen.comI’m attending the ACES #VCON26 virtual editing conference this week, and I’m live posting from sessions I attended on Bluesky. I've made a blog post roundup of my threads here:
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@stetchat.comWe're speaking at #ACESVCON26 TODAY at 3:15 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 18.
Join @carolinavonkampen.com, @editrix-rachel.bsky.social, and @raqueledits.bsky.social for our #VCON26 panel “Red Flag Roulette Live! Navigating Difficult Conversations With Authors and Clients.”
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@carolinavonkampen.comThe panel about tropes in developmental editing was so fun!!! #ACESVCON26 #VCON26
@carolinavonkampen.comComing this fall: @acesediting.bsky.social will conduct an editor rates benchmarking study.
It'll help members set fair, competitive rates and understand global market trends.
The survey will be open to members and nonmembers. Look for your survey invite this fall!
@carolinavonkampen.comI’m attending the ACES #VCON26 virtual editing conference this week, and I’m live posting from sessions I attended on Bluesky. I've made a blog post roundup of my threads here:
carolinavonkampen.com/live-from-ac... #amediting #freelanceeditor #copyediting #editing #acesvcon26
@carolinavonkampen.comThe offboarding survey (in Google Forms) asks how the author felt about working with editor and anything editor can improve. It also lets the author leave a testimonial for the editor.