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Butters, Ronald R. 1989. The death of Black English: Divergence and convergence in black and white vernaculars. (Bamberger Beiträge zur englischen Sprachwissenschaft 25). Peter Lang. xii + 227 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
language change | vernacular
Language as a subject
English, African American | English, White American

Annotation

This analysis of two competing hypotheses regarding the development of Black English Vernacular as compared to White English Vernacular, i.e. the divergence and the convergence hypothesis, states that there are both diverging and converging elements.

Reviewed by

Nuessel, Frank. 1991. Review of $The death of Black English: Divergence and convergence in black and white vernaculars.