<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear Mostari,<br><br></div>When I studied with Prof. William Stewart, he expressed the following view:<br></div>The antecedent of BEV was indeed a pidgin in its earlier stages that evolved into a creole.<br><br> As it exists today, it has undergone a process of de-creolization, to different degrees depending on the history of particular communities, and where speakers are on the acrolect/mesolect/basilect continuum. For example, Gullah, spoken in the South Caroline Sea Islands is less accessible to speakers of Standard American English varieties than BEV spoken by some African Americans in New York City. <br>(There is also contact here in NYC with speakers of the English Creoles of the Caribbean among others- which are indeed modern creoles, so it's complicated.)<br><br>In addition, this is not the only perspective!<br></div></div>The Ebonics movement has characterized BEV as sufficiently distinct to be considered a separate language. And the evolution of current BEV varieties remains contested.<br><br></div>In light of the socio-linguistic complexity of the varieties that typically fall under the BEV umbrella, it is understandable that there could be some confusion and inconsistency regarding labels.<br><br></div>It will be interesting to read other interpretation from the group.<br><br></div>Cordially,<br></div>Miriam<br><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth, PhD<br>Dir. of PhD & Post-MA Programs in Multilingual Multicultural Studies<br>NYU Steinhardt, <div>316 East Building<br></div><div>New York, NY 10003<br><br>Research Editor: Journal of Writing and Pedagogy<br>Co-chair NABE Research and Evaluation SIG </div><div>Co-chair, ELL Think Tank, NYU<br></div><div>NYSABE Language Delegate and Advocacy Committee</div><div><br></div><div><br>office phone: (212) 998-5195<br>office fax: (212) 995-3636 <br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 6:08 AM, mostari hind <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hmostari@yahoo.com" target="_blank">hmostari@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:medium"><div>Hi all , </div><div>I d like to know if we can regard Black English Vernacular as a creole or not ? </div><div>what do you think so ?</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>Dr Mostari </div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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