african american vernacular english

Questions about african american vernacular english

What does african american vernacular english mean?

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

What is another word for african american vernacular english?

Close synonyms include AAVE, African American English, 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 vernacular english a common word?

african american vernacular 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.