“She be tryna work”: The implications of African American Vernacular English, code switching, and accommodation theory

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2013
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Haverford College. Department of Psychology
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The purpose of this paper is to examine African American Vernacular English and code switching, as well as to consider implications on speakers’ education and identity. African American Vernacular English is a systematic, rule bound dialect spoken by many African Americans. Bias against AAVE results in prejudice, especially in terms of academic outcomes. As Standard English is the dialect used in schools and most professional settings, more speakers of AAVE become bidialectal and have the ability to code switch depending on context. This paper will conclude by applying Communication Accommodation Theory in order to understand what influences code switching during interactions involving AAVE and SE.
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