african american english

Questions about african american english

What does african american english mean?

african american english means "a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States".

What is another word for african american english?

Close synonyms include African American Vernacular English, AAVE, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is african american english a common word?

african american english is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.