A Comparative Study of African-American Vernacular English in the Northeastern region of the United States and the Southern region of the United States
The primary purpose of this research project was to compare the African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) used by college students in the Northeastern region of the United States to the AAVE used by college students in the Southern region of the United States. The research included interviews with nine African-American students from the 2005 Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Participants were asked to respond to eleven questions. The researcher proposes that students attending college in a different geographical region than that of their hometown will have more knowledge of the geographical similarities and differences of AAVE.
School:
Livingstone College
Department:
Social Work
Research Advisor:
James D. Anderson
Department of Research Advisor:
Educational Policy Studies
Year of Publication:
2005