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Black Vernacular English

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Black Vernacular English
n. Abbr. BVE
See African American Vernacular English.
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Noun1.Black Vernacular English - a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Ebonics
American English, American language, American - the English language as used in the United States
gangsta - (Black English) a member of a youth gang
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She argues that Odum's way of writing dialect does closely reproduce the phonology of Black Vernacular English (Sanders's term) and names specific rhetorical devices of speakers of BVE, such as signifying (which Gordon called "joreein'"), boasting, and rhyme, which are abundant in Odum's texts.
Lynn Moss Sanders. Howard W. Odum's Folklore Odyssey: Transformation ... by Bell, Sharon Masingale / African American Review
In a discussion of Oreo's grandmother's southern speech, Ross embraces black vernacular English as an expressive medium and a variety of language with its own distinction, subtlety, and complexity, while also refusing to privilege it as a badge of African American authenticity:
"Apple pie with Oreo crust": Fran Ross's recipe for an idiosyncratic ... by Mullen, Harryette / MELUS
Conspicuously absent in Annie Eliza's speech is the usual reduction in Southern black vernacular English of -ing suffixes, as in singing to singin, and only infrequent uses of the uninflected form of the verb to be in a position in which a Standard English speaker would use an inflected form.
Clarence Major's homecoming voice in 'Such Was the Season.' (Clarence ... by Bell, Bernard W. / African American Review
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