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Subject of a 1990s language controversy
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ebonics
Alternative clues for the word ebonics
- African American Vernacular English
- A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people
- Vernacular much debated in the 1990s
- To linguists, it's African American Vernacular English
- Linguistics term coined in 1973, and made controversial in 1996
- Controversial school subject
- Dialect in 1990s news
Word definitions for ebonics in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ebonics (a blend of the words ebony and phonics ) is a term that was originally intended to refer to the language of all people descended from enslaved Black Africans , particularly in West Africa , the Caribbean , and North America . Since the 1996 controversy ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"African-American vernacular English," 1975, as title of a book by U.S. professor R.L. Williams (b.1930); a blend of ebony and phonics .
Usage examples of ebonics.
Or maybe their schools refused to teach him in the Ebonics of his day.
So, mah boys tell me we got us the Dancer hisself, the agent muttered, the patois less Ebonics than, well.