African American Vernacular English Definition
noun
The set of vernacular or nonstandard varieties of English spoken by working-class African Americans and often by other African Americans in informal contexts.
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Synonyms:
- ebonics
- black-english
- african american english
- aave
- Black Vernacular English
- Black Vernacular
- black-english-vernacular
pronoun
A variation of Modern English spoken predominately by lower socioeconomic class individuals of African descent, usually in urban or suburban surroundings in the United States.
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