Ulrich Miethaner

List of John Benjamins publications for which Ulrich Miethaner plays a role.

Article

Miethaner, Ulrich 2014 Innovation in pre-World War II AAVE? Evidence from BLURThe Evolution of Englishes: The Dynamic Model and beyond, Buschfeld, Sarah, Thomas Hoffmann, Magnus Huber and Alexander Kautzsch (eds.), pp. 365–385 | Article
This article tests the “divergence hypothesis”, which holds that in the 20th century African American Vernacular English (AAVE) underwent significant structural changes and consequently diverged from white varieties. To this end five “innovative” features of AAVE are scrutinized in BLUR, an… read more