"AAVE" (the abbrev. itself)

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Oct 6, 2004, at 10:07 AM, Larry Horn wrote:

> ...But this leaves open the possibility that AAVE might have been used
> earlier, and interpreted as "Afro-American Vernacular English".
> (Sorta the way NELS started out as the New England Linguistic Society
> and turned into the North East Linguistic Society, after Montreal was
> chosen as a meeting site.)

excellent point.  i've forwarded this comment on to rickford and
smitherman.

arnold