AAE movie

[Kazuko Hiramatsu]

I've used "Barbershop" to demonstrate features of AAE to my class. There
are also some nice examples of switching between standard English and AAE.

-Kazuko

Kazuko Hiramatsu
Dept. of English
University of Michigan-Flint

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Shelley L. Velleman wrote:

> I'm looking for a movie (not a documentary) that has grammatical
> features of AAE in it.  So far, the best I've found is the character
> Quentin in "The Best Man".  Suggestions welcome!
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> Thanks.
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> Shelley Velleman
> Communication Disorders
> U. Mass. Amherst
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