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Some of the pronunciation peculiarities of AAVE include the following: - Word-final devoicing of [b], [d], and [ɡ], whereby, for example, cub sounds like cup . - Reduction of certain diphthong forms to monophthongs, in particular, [aɪ] is monophthongized to [aː] except before unvoiced consonants, [ɔɪ] is also monophthongized, especially before [l], e.g.: ball and boil sound identical. - Word-initially, [ð] is [d]: this [dɪs]. - Word-medially and finally, [θ] is realized as either [f] or [t], .e.g.: [mʌmf] or [mʌnt] for the word month ; [ð] as either [v] or [d]: [smuːv] for smooth . - Final ng [ŋ] is pronounced as [n]. - Consonant cluster reduction word-finally, e.g.: test → tes, desk → des; - Deletion of postvocalic liquids, e.g.: help → hep . - There are many multisyllabic words that differ from General American in their stress placement so that, for example, police, guitar and Detroit are pronounced with the initial stress instead of the ultimate stress. §4. Vocabulary Black English has been a fertile inventor of words and expressions over a century, long before the advent of gangsta rap and hip-hop. Many of Black English words entered the lexicon of American youth slang and even common colloquial vocabulary. Yet, this happened mostly due to the increasing popularity of rap music and African-American themed television. Let us consider some examples. The word homey started off in the 1930s referring to a southerner newly arrived in a northern city; half a century later, it meant someone from your neighborhood. By the new century, homey (or homie ) had become a common term among the young people in LA meaning „a friend‟ regardless of race. Some of the Black English word meanings are more or less obvious, while many are not, e.g. to front „to pretend‟, be fiending for „to desire intensely‟, etc. Wannabe, get-go, booty, trash talk, homeboy are some of the numerous examples of Black English words that entered the American mainstream. The word rap in its modern meaning of a music genre has also become wide spread thanks to Black English. In the early 1970s „rap‟ did not mean to rhyme above a beat; it was a common word for talk itself. And in an oral culture like South Central LA, rap mattered. It could be a competition or a useful service. So by and by, the new meaning of „rap‟ spread all over the USA and the world. 149 The Black English is rich in various paraphrases and mispronunciations of vulgar and taboo words. Some of them do not mean to be offensive when said by black people ( nigga, beyotch ) but may sound insulting when said by representatives of other races or said in an improper context. жүктеу/скачать 1,38 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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