Language Log: Rachel Jeantel’s language in the Zimmerman trial
[Below is a guest post by John Rickford.] The defense plans to rest in the Florida trial of George Zimmerman today, and arguments are raging about whether he will be found guilty of murdering Trayvon...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Rachel Jeantel on CNN
Following up on "Rachel Jeantel’s language in the Zimmerman trial", LLOG readers may welcome an opportunity to hear Rachel Jeantel in person, tonight on CNN — "Tonight at 9: Piers Morgan welcomes...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Understanding across varieties of English
Yesterday, I posted on Speakout/Truthout about Rachel Jeantel's African American Vernacular English use in the Zimmerman trial/verdict: "Race, Credibility, Communication and Evidence in the Zimmerman...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Presentational/static locatives or "go" copulas in AAVE
On the Variationist List, Benjamin Torbert (11/6) made the following request, and I gave (11/8) the reply below it, which I'd now like to share with Language Log folks in the hope that someone may be...
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