This video is all about African American Vernacular English, the dialects of English historically spoken by Black Americans in the United States.

Special thanks to Lawrence Pittman who recorded the audio samples for this video. Check out his art on his Instagram page   / challat_art   . Additional thanks to Eunartha Bossamy for her ideas and feedback, as well Jamie Conner, Demetrii Wright, and Hasani Arnold for their feedback.

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Main sources used for this video:

African American Vernacular English by Jack Sidnell . https://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/lan...

Outline of AAVE Grammar by Jack Sidnell. https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/20...

Game done changed: A look at selected AAVE features in the TV series The Wire. By Joe Trotta & Oleg Bylahher.

Yale Grammatical Diversity Project: English in North America. https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena-by-ca...

Unstressed been: Past and Present in African American English
By Arthur K Spears

Englishes around the World: Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach. Volume 1 ...
edited by Edgar W. Schneider
American English Grammar: An Introduction
By Seth R. Katz

Introduction to Sociolinguistics by Ronald Wardhaugh, Janet M. Fuller page 46-49.

Music:
"Gisele Revisited" by South London HiFi.
Outro: "In Case You Forgot" by Otis McDonald.