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Black English Vernacular  

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  • The term Ebonics, from the words ebony (“Black”) and phonics (“sounds”), was coined by social psychologist Robert Williams in 1973. Also known as Black English Vernacular (BEV) or African American Vernacular English (AAVE), Ebonics is a social dialect spoken mainly by African Americans in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia ofthe Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Black English Vernacular]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-K6L8QFRG-6

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