African American English in the Diaspora by Shana Poplack, Sa... - 9780631212669

African American English in the DiasporaAuthor(s): Shana Poplack, Sali A. Tagliamonte\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631212669, 978-0631212669\nSynopsis\nThis provocative volume investigates the origins of contemporary African American Vernacular English (AAVE), one of the oldest, yet unsolved, questions in sociolinguistics.