It seems to be a linguistic term, but that's about all I've learned so far. Can someone tell me what it really means? Is it like pidgin?
2006-07-04 12:45:25 · 9 answers · asked by auntb93again 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
As many people have confirmed, Ebonics is a dialect of the English language. What we tend to overlook is that there are many dialects of the English language - standard American English, standard British English, Pidgin (depends where it's spoken too because there are so many variations of pidgin) and the list goes on. The ebonics dialect is used mainly by African Americans. I remember when there was a controversy about Ebonics in the classroom in many California schools. I, with many people outside of California assumed that people wanted to "teach" African American children Ebonics instead of standard American English. In actuality, proponents of Ebonics (which included many linguists) wanted teachers to acknowledge the fact that Ebonics is a dialect spoken by African Americans every day. Knowing that, teachers should be aware of the intricacies of the dialect and let students connect the grammar structure of Ebonics to that of standard English. Also, it empowers the students when they see another way of saying something versus being told that how they speak is wrong! English is constantly evolving and no one can truly claim that the way they speak is the right way. The way we speak is based on the situation we're in whether we're in business settings, with our friends in the city, down south or in southern California. We all are social linguists - we speak according to our social environment.
2006-07-04 14:20:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 5⤋
Eubonics is indeed a linguistic term used to define a language spoken by people of color. It is a combination of American english and black street lingo. Since I am only familar with American English I personally have had no chance to speak it.
Examples might be: Yous axe me a queston and eyes see ifn I knows de ansore.
2006-07-04 12:51:40 · answer #2 · answered by dddanse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's funny. Pidgin.
I think you mean Ebonics, not Eubonics.
Ebonics is a (dialect?) of English, that is like ethnic African-American language. It's not official, but some people advocate teaching African-American students in an "ebonics" language all their own. Like.....
"Wut up, dog? Me an da homies gonna hang out da crib!"
Translate: "Hi! My friends and I are going home to my house to relax."
What do you think of that?
2006-07-04 12:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you do men Ebonics...
Ebonics is a characterization of the black dialect... like:
you Show BE Happenin'... In place of "Surely, things are afoot".
It was called "speaking jive" in the AIRPLANE movies.
Does that help?
2006-07-04 12:50:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ebonics?there is no such thing.police got mad because they thought we spoke in codes and then they wanted to teach everyone but its just slang.it means nothing bad because if anyone had anything to say they would have said it out loud
2006-07-04 12:49:38 · answer #5 · answered by mya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is one of those calling all racists questions I love so much. Come on rednecks do your worst.
2006-07-04 12:51:07 · answer #6 · answered by elreybrown 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont axe me coz yo braff stank
2006-07-04 13:50:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is slang talk African Americans commonly use this language
2006-07-04 12:50:05 · answer #8 · answered by JazzyJ72 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure do you don't mean ebonics?
2006-07-04 12:46:49 · answer #9 · answered by Nerdly Stud 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋