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1、美国黑人英语特色研究(AstudyofAfricanAmericanEnglish)AstudyofAfricanAmericanEnglishAmericanBlackEnglishwasnamedaftertheuseofAmericanblacks.Infact,itwasusedfarbeyondourimagination,andwaswidelyusedbyblacksaswellasotherpeopleinthelowerandlowerclassesofsociety.Inviewofthis,thisarticlewil
2、ldiscussit.BlackEnglish;standardAmericanEnglish;variationDuetohistoricalreasons,therearemanyblackslivingintheUnitedStates,hasbecomeasocialclassimpressivenessofAmericansociety,butalsobecauseofthelanguagetheyuse,withdistinctiveethniccharacteristicsandenjoyauniquename--blacke
3、nglish.However,thatfurtherstudyofBlackEnglishinrecentdecades,thenameofBlackEnglishisactuallynotveryprecise,becauseitisnotasimplelanguagevarietybyethnicdifferencesandform,itsuseisassociatedwiththeeconomicstatus,levelofeducationandothersocialfactorscloselyrelated,therefore,i
4、nrecentyearstheUnitedStateshasblackEnglishhasgraduallybecomeanimportantsocialdialect,ratherthanpurelynationaldialects.Ontheonehand,notallblackAmericansareusingblackEnglish,blackEnglishasavarietyofEnglishusedintheAmericansocietyintheloweconomicstatusofblacks,orwhohasrisento
5、thelevelofmediumincome,butstillkeepintouchwiththeoriginalclassinblack.Ontheotherhand,manypeoplewhospeakBlackEnglisharenotblackpeople.Inpeople'straditionalconsciousness,blackEnglishhasalwaysbeenregardedasasecondaryorlowlevellanguagevariation,whichislinguisticallyunfounded.B
6、lackEnglishisdifferentfromthestandardlanguage,butthisdifferencealsohasacertainregularity,thatistosay,blackEnglishinpronunciation,vocabulary,grammarandotheraspectsofthevariationistofollowthelaw,andnotanyconfusionorchange.Next,wediscusstheregularityofit.(1)omissionofther/sou
7、ndTheomissionofvowelsandconsonantsisnotonlypeculiartoblackEnglish,butalsoatendencyoflowerclasspronunciation.Thepronunciationofeachpairinguard,God,Fort,fought,sore,andsawisnotdifferentfromthatinblackenglish.However,theBlackEnglishpostvocalic/r/ellipsisrulesbyextension,betwe
8、entwovowels/r/alsowereomitted.Thus,thepronunciationofCarolandCal,andthepronunciationofPar