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Table of Contents - 2003 - Volume 32, Issue 01  


REVIEW

John R. Rickford, African American Vernacular English: Features, evolution, educational implications. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1999. Pp. xxviii, 399.

James H.  Yang  a1
a1 Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, hyang5@uiuc.edu

This book primarily addresses the following questions:

(a) What are the features of African American Vernacular English (AAVE), and how is it used?

(b) What is its evolution and where is it headed?

(c) What are its educational implications?

(Received February 2 2002)