"Who is Yo' English Teacher?"
Tracy Butts, CSU-Chico

This presentation will provide examples of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) to facilitate a discussion of the various features associated with AAVE. Some of the examples to be discussed include the following constructions: negation ("I ain't step on no line"), copula ("He be all right"), agreement ("Tracy and Steph is ugly"), verb omission/deletion ("We funny looking").