Linguistic issues of Afro-American English

Abstract

Afro-American  English (AAE) is one of the most spread and studied varieties of English. World-renowned scholars, linguists  Guy Bailey, John R. Rickford , Lisa Green,  William Labov, Marcyliena Morgan , Salikoko S. Mufwene , are interested in this variety more. Since the 1960s, research into Afro-American English (AAE) has increased significantly. Although there is now a lot of information about AAE. This thesis attempts to give an overview of AAE as a creole of English spoken in the United States, addressing the main research papers that have been studied by different scholars. The origin and development of Afro –American English (AAE)  In this section, the origin of the variety is described along with the hypotheses proposed about its creation and development, which are one of the main causes of debate concerning the creole. Afro-American English (AAE) became known to the world as a result of the Oakland Resolution Controversy, which exposed the American people’s beliefs about linguistic diversity and the lack of knowledge they had on the subject. As a consequence, Afro-American English (AAE) became better known and began to be more investigated by scholars.