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"The African American Vernacular English, in short known as the AAVE, was previously famous as the Black English Vernacular or Vernacular Black English. Though this dialect has some very unique features but it has some common aspects that are also the part of other varieties of dialects in the U.S region. The African American Vernacular English has once been a very hot topic in the public debates as well as among the sociolinguists. It will be quite difficult to estimate as to how many individuals speak African American English as there is a little confusion about it. some people use some unique characteristics of the pronunciation and vocabulary of this variety but they do not use the grammatical aspects of this variety. The majority of sociolinguists believe that the term of African American Vernacular English can be used only for those varieties of dialects that use the unique features of grammar which we will discuss here and compare it with the Standard American English " When one thinks of dialect variation in general, one usually thinks of dialects that depend on geographic location. This holds true for American English as well. Regional variation accounts for many lexical and phonological differences between different dialects in America. For example, one may pronounce "creek" differently in Oregon than in California. Depending on where you live, you also choose words differently; some places refer to carbonated beverages like Pepsi or Sprite as "sodas", while others prefer saying "pop". Besides regional variation, however, dialects can also depend on social or ethnic factors. One particular example is the English spoken by the majority of Black youth, especially in the inner city.
Approximate Word count = 1085
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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