Ebonics In The English Language

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Throughout countless ages the English language has been constructed, comprehended, and perfected in so many different ways. For many years including the present time there are well known linguist and many different sorts of writers who have studied the English language to the absolute core. These linguists as well to writers have researched how different cultures, people with different backgrounds had taken the English language and converted it in their own types of speech, slang, dialect and grammar proving the flexibility of the English language. It is being altered in a vast variety of ways depending on certain circumstances. A specific type of speech that has been studied and still to this day is being argued about is called Ebonics. …show more content…

Ebonics is very much different from a real foreign language such as Italian, or Arabic. Arabic, for example, has a completely different alphabet, sentence structure, words, and sounds than English; while Ebonics basically uses the same alphabet, words and sounds as English. The only variance between Ebonics and English is that some pronunciations of words and grammar are somewhat different. There have been many opinions about the use of Ebonics as it vaguely different from Standard English. John Baugh argues that Ebonics is not “proper English”. When he was about four years old the eldest sister of his church told him ‘‘you sho’ is a fine young man.’’ To which he replied, ‘‘are! You are a fine young man.’’ (Baugh 4-5) This can only conclude that Ebonics is not an instinctive language to non-African Americans. Standard English has been practiced by many immigrants by the way, yet the African Americans wish not to speak it. Ebonics should not be recognized as a language at all. It is a dialect that some African Americans use to communicate with each other more effectively. Though it is not proper English, Ebonics is still used as a primary dialect in many African American homes. This is the reason to educate the youth of today. Ebonics should not be taught in school at all. Professional work places should also use only Standard English to encourage the practice of proper …show more content…

Every language that has enough speakers has dialects. It is not slang; it is one of the most distinctive varieties of American English. (Rickford 279) Most of the rules we follow when speaking Standard English are followed unconsciously. Many individuals regard Ebonics as being lazy English because of its tendency to omit consonants at the end of words. (Rickford 280) The Working class and adolescents who attend school use Ebonics in America. The school system uses Standard English. This is the reason for children who use Ebonics to be left out. Teachers who have actually tried using Ebonics in reading and teaching English, actually helped the child understand the concepts of English much better. Ebonics is a way that people from the African American culture communicate to each other and most people including teachers feel that they should be allowed to express themselves for who they are, and also be able to be taught in a language they understand. This is why they want Ebonics to be implemented as a second language. I believe that even though Ebonics is spoken freely among our African American citizens, it still should not be adapted as a second language added to our English language. I belive it is a dialect that conflicts with proper English. For the most part more people speak proper English more than people speak Ebonics. African Americans are often harassed if they speak proper English and talk in

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