query re: AAVE use in literature

[P L Patrick]

I realize this query is not exactly in the main area of this list. I
have a feeling it has been discussed here within the past couple years.
If anyone has a good canned reply w/sources, or a pointer to a good
resource, I would appreciate if you would reply to the original author
with this info. Forwarded message follows. Thanks.
        (I am generally interested in the topic, but please do NOT send
me individual responses on this issue.)
        --peter
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Greetings from Central African Republic,Africa.
I am writing a paper on the influence of AAVE,Ebonics,on African
American Literature today. I found your web page
(http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/AAVE.html)
very interesting. Would you please give me information on the influence
of that "language " on American literature?
        Are there any particular authors that write in that dialect or
language, and why, since some Black leaders consider it as demeaning
their educability? Could you send me more information on THAT
question. God bless you and keep on the good job.
My e-mail address is :

        m.laounodji at voila.fr

Best regards,
Laounodji Monza
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Prof. Peter L. Patrick
Dept. of Language & Linguistics
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
COLCHESTER CO4 3SQ
U.K.

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Email: patrickp at essex.ac.uk
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