Reply To: Reply To: Ebonics and Africa

#32939

Luci
Participant
Actually, from what I've read and gleaned from discussions with students of linguistics ebonics is not solely a product of slaves with bad grammar. It seems that some of the sentence structures common with the 'black vernacular' correspond with the structure of many African languages.

User Detail :  

Name : Luci, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Age : 25, City : Staten Island, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : Technical School, Social class : Middle class,