2007-05-25 14:04:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Black Vernacular English- A dialect/sub-language based upon West African grammatical patterns, includes English vocabulary, and derives from black culture/s- culture/s that evolved due to a people being stripped of their native tongue.
BVE is spoken by many people of many different groups. The history of it should be understood and appreciated as being rooted in black culture/s, but it has since branched out, so to speak, and is spoken by many- which is a testament to the strength and richness of black culture/s.
EDIT: It's important to remember that BVE and "hip hop slang" are completely different. While many, if not most, who speak "hip hop slang" also speak variations of BVE, "hip hop slang" is NOT equivallent to BVE.
****I gather that none of you who are giving me thumbs down are willing to research BVE? Why is it that you think BVE is "improper English"? Do you think the same regarding other dialects/sub-languages? And please, pray tell, what exactly is "correct" English? Are you aware of the origin of the English language? If so, by all means, tell us all. Tell us of the "correct" English that you think ALL English speakers should be speaking. You can't do it, can you? Of course not. Because you are ignorant and choose to deal with your ignorance by regarding others as ignorant. How sad for you.
Any of you smart a*ses care to explain how languages even form/develop?
2007-05-25 14:18:50 · answer #1 · answered by SINDY 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It's improper English! no one made it up. Some feel compelled to say its of Afrocentric origin. Understand that some linguistic behaviors are learned, and others are a reaction to colonial circumstance. I could also say that traces of the past that prevade popular culture in the present, amount to more than mere chance. It's a juxtaposition of incompatible realities.
2007-05-25 21:58:19 · answer #2 · answered by RUSSELL ( I Used to Love H.E.R.) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ebonics was a word formed from the word phonics,.....it was a language that was not a language, that was reported to be used by the African Americans in the U.S.A.,.....there are different words used by some groups in America,.....that are not really words,.....in reality it is racist,.....we are one people, we are Americans,.....there should be no hyphenated Americans
2007-05-25 21:18:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
strangely, i hear this dialect spoken by really just about anybody in urban areas...a decent percentage of whom are white....and that is what it is...it is a dialect of our language...which is not english...it is 'mercan...i am sure that the english would not want to associate themselves with our version of their language....like many people obviously don't want to associate themselves with any particular dialect of our language that is not their own...from their own geography..."ebonics" also has location variations
2007-05-27 00:51:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A kind of twisted english that mostly african-americans speak to communicate with each other. Kind of like if u were mexican..the slang terms like "gringo" ..... Educated Guess
2007-05-25 22:56:08 · answer #5 · answered by Chicago 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Comes from the word "ebony" meaning, "black." So just like you have "phonics," now u have "ebonics." Its the black way of speaking English. Split verbs, ghetto accents, marked by the stereotypical "black culture." Now not all black people talk like that, it just originated from the black culture.
2007-05-25 21:13:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Southern speech pattern but different because black people say so.
2007-05-25 21:15:10 · answer #7 · answered by aikishou 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A lazy way of speaking that most but not all blacks use.
2007-05-25 21:22:05 · answer #8 · answered by Light Yagami 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Something I don't speak.
2007-05-25 21:11:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋