Introduction
"Our language has more rhythmic tones," Ms. Hudson said. To some people, 'she be going ' just flows, it 's just a natural thing." Over decades, Linguists have attest to the Black English Vernacular (BEV) as being a remnants and a fusion of the West African Language used by enslaved persons brought to the Americas over 400 years ago. Enslaved people were denied a formal education, but were required to learn the language to communicate with white master, hence the BEV dialect was fashioned. In today’s society, this dialect has greatly influenced different sectors of the English language, from slang to highly respected fables such as the Uncle Remus Tales and Huckleberry Finn. Standard English is the version of English used by Americans, Canadians, Australians, British, Indians, Caribbean (Pandey, 2000). Standard American English (SAE) is the United States English used in grammar books and not necessarily the accents (how we say something) (Pandey, 2000). Non-Standard English is what a good portion of people use in their everyday, non-professional lives. It is usually taken from their childhood hometown and is essentially a cultural identity of history and pride BEV and Standard American English (SAE) are two closely-related …show more content…
It is not an inappropriate a form of speech, a language disorder, and to embrace the dialect is not legitimizing poor language habits (Todd, 1997). The language is not the standard of the nation simply because the ruling class does not back it up as one. The ruling class has declared language is appropriate and necessary for employment and the rest of the world must conform if they wish to be employed. This and the lack of unification are key reasons BEV is considered not the standard form of the English language that is
"Our language has more rhythmic tones," Ms. Hudson said. To some people, 'she be going ' just flows, it 's just a natural thing." Over decades, Linguists have attest to the Black English Vernacular (BEV) as being a remnants and a fusion of the West African Language used by enslaved persons brought to the Americas over 400 years ago. Enslaved people were denied a formal education, but were required to learn the language to communicate with white master, hence the BEV dialect was fashioned. In today’s society, this dialect has greatly influenced different sectors of the English language, from slang to highly respected fables such as the Uncle Remus Tales and Huckleberry Finn. Standard English is the version of English used by Americans, Canadians, Australians, British, Indians, Caribbean (Pandey, 2000). Standard American English (SAE) is the United States English used in grammar books and not necessarily the accents (how we say something) (Pandey, 2000). Non-Standard English is what a good portion of people use in their everyday, non-professional lives. It is usually taken from their childhood hometown and is essentially a cultural identity of history and pride BEV and Standard American English (SAE) are two closely-related …show more content…
It is not an inappropriate a form of speech, a language disorder, and to embrace the dialect is not legitimizing poor language habits (Todd, 1997). The language is not the standard of the nation simply because the ruling class does not back it up as one. The ruling class has declared language is appropriate and necessary for employment and the rest of the world must conform if they wish to be employed. This and the lack of unification are key reasons BEV is considered not the standard form of the English language that is