African American Vernacular English (AAVE), one of the most studied dialects in American
English, has undergone several changes in its label across the years. Its most recent …

Abstract African American Language (AAL) is one of the most researched varieties of
American English, yet key aspects of its development and spread remain under‐theorized …

While sociolinguists defined the regional sound changes around the linguistic behavior of
White speakers, recent work has shown that racialized speakers employ local sound …

The study of language and social life has been an interdisciplinary endeavor since its
beginnings, led by scholars housed in a range of departments in different parts of the world …

EXPOSITION A growing amount of research on North American English varieties shows that
many sociolinguistic variables peaked among the Baby Boomer Generation (born …

Research has suggested that children who speak African American English (AAE) have
difficulty using features produced in Mainstream American English (MAE) but not AAE, to …

Even before Labov's celebrated study of the Lower East Side (The Social Stratification of
English in New York City) was published in 1966, he had begun research on African …

Regional variation in African-American English (AAE) is especially salient to its speakers
involved with hip-hop culture, as hip-hop assigns great importance to regional identity and …

While traditional variationist research has been critiqued for positioning ethnic and regional
variation in terms of separate “lects,” recent work has adopted a more nuanced view in …

Over the past few decades, sociolinguists have begun to take greater interest in how public
figures, such as politicians, may employ variation at different levels of linguistic structure in …