Common Ancestor of American Ebonics and West African Pidgin English
By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi My second Black History Month article dwells on the intriguing but not surprising historical ...
Showing posts with label African American Vernacular English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African American Vernacular English. Show all posts
Top 7 Expressions You Didn’t Know We Owe to Black America
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In this final article in my #BlackHistoryMonth series, I bring you major expressions in ...
African Words in America’s Gullah English Dialect II
By Farooq Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last week, I highlighted many African-derived words in the Gullah dialect that Dr. L...
African Words in America’s Gullah English Dialect (I)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last week I identified some notable African onomastic (onomastics is the scienc...
Gullah: An African-American English Dialect No One Understands
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In line with my tradition to highlight aspects of the linguistic culture of Blac...
Black American Vernacular English Expressions You Should Know
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is observed every Febru...
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