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Controversial "language" of the 1990s
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ebonics
Alternative clues for the word ebonics
- African American Vernacular English
- Language in which "yo" is a pronoun
- Subject of a 1990s language controversy
- Linguistics term coined in 1973, and made controversial in 1996
- A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people
- To linguists, it's African American Vernacular English
- Much-debated school subject
- Controversial school subject
Word definitions for ebonics in dictionaries
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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 ...
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.