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1 Introduction
2 Register
3 Standard and Non-Standard English
3.1 Pronunciation of "r"
4 African-American English Vernacular
4.1 Grammatical Patterns of AAEV
Null "be"
Habitual Invariant "be"
Intensive 'Steady'
Present Relevance 'bin' form
Stressed 'bin' form
Empty 'it'
Negative Structures in AAEV
Double Negatives
Negative Inversion
4.2 The Sound Patterns of AAEV
Non-word-initial "th"
Final Consonant Deletion
5 Conclusion
References
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