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At 11:54 AM 12/8/2000 -0500, you wrote:<br>
>Collegues --<br>
><br>
>I have recently heard AAVE called Urban English -- is anyone else
familiar<br>
>with this new title? Has it made it into any publications that
you've seen?<br>
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<font size=4> It's hard to react to this out of
context. Works such as by Guy Bailey and his associates have suggested
that there is an urban variety (or are there urban varieties?) of AAVE
that is (are) different from rural varieties. On the other hand, the term
"Urban variety" could independently be a construct for English
varieties in the urban environment.<br>
<br>
Sali.<br>
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