Ebonics

English Alternative forms en ebonics Etymology en ebony phonics. Coined by scholars at the Cognitive and Language Development of the Black Child conference in 1973 led by Robert Williams (psychologist) Robert L. Williams and published in his book Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks (1975). Considered outdated by some. Pronunciation ē-bŏnʹĭks ĭ- ĕ- GA, en /iˈbɑnɪks/ /ɪ̈-/ /ɛ-/ en ɒnɪks 3 en Ebon ics Proper noun - African-American Vernacular English (AAVE). en 1999 w:Geoffrey K. Pullum African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard English with Mistakes The Workings of Language Rebecca S. Wheeler 0275962466 40 Buried among the jargon of the announcement was a mention of a name for AAVE, suggested by a Black scholar in 1975 but never adopted by linguists: Ebonics. That word, concocted from ebony (a color term from the name of a dark-colored wood) and phonics (the name of a method for teaching reading), was destined to attach to the board as if chiseled into a block of granite and hung round their necks. https://books.google.com/books?id=my_W8iC7WnQC&lpg=PA39&pg=PA40&q=%22Buried%20among%20the%20jargon%20of%20the%20announcement%22#v=onepage Derived terms en AOLbonics aolbonics ebonical ebonically ebonify Hebonics Hebronics See also en Black English Further reading en ebonics (word) 1975 Robert Williams Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks St. Louis Institute of Black Studies 2014657 Anagrams en bceinos bicones en coinages en Sociolinguistics