Lisa Green is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Texas, Austin. She has written journal articles and book chapters on topics in the study of African American English.

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Introduction
1. Lexicons and meaning
2. Syntax Part 1. Verbal markers in AAE
3. Syntax Part 2. Syntactic and morphosyntactic properties in AAE
4. Phonology of AAE
5. Speech events and rules of interaction
6. AAE in literature
7. AAE in media
8. Attitudes and education.

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