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FLOURISHING AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH AND ENDANGERED INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES: A COMMON THREAD
Author(s) -
HILL JANE H.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
transforming anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1548-7466
pISSN - 1051-0559
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-7466.2010.01069.x
Subject(s) - indigenous , vernacular , flourishing , endangered species , oppression , sociology , history , linguistics , anthropology , ethnology , political science , ecology , politics , biology , psychology , law , demography , population , philosophy , psychotherapist
African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is not at all endangered, while all of the indigenous languages of North America are. The speakers of these languages share a common history of oppression, and analysis of these linguistic systems, the ways of speaking that are found within the associated communities, and the efforts of the communities to deploy these languages in positive and empowering frameworks, must all be understood within the framework of the encompassing and dominant cultural system of White racism.