Any of various forms of English spoken by black people, especially as an urban dialect in the US.
黑人英语(尤指美国城市中的黑人方言)
Example sentencesExamples
These children come to school with a rich set of collective experiences and a particular, well-developed dialect - black English.
I have just been reading the thoroughly sensible things that she says about black English and standard English.
I must agree with the verdict that the black English terms HIP, DIG, and JIVE are not borrowings from an African language.
Like the black English which Kai Ting adopts, symbols of Jewish identity become part of his vocabulary and a reference point for describing his own Chinese identity.
‘I remember he wrote an article in The New York Times in 1979 asking ‘If black English isn't a language, tell me what it is.’
Definition of black English in US English:
black English
noun
Any of various nonstandard forms of English spoken by black people, especially as an urban dialect in the US.
黑人英语(尤指美国城市中的黑人方言)
Example sentencesExamples
I must agree with the verdict that the black English terms HIP, DIG, and JIVE are not borrowings from an African language.
I have just been reading the thoroughly sensible things that she says about black English and standard English.
‘I remember he wrote an article in The New York Times in 1979 asking ‘If black English isn't a language, tell me what it is.’
Like the black English which Kai Ting adopts, symbols of Jewish identity become part of his vocabulary and a reference point for describing his own Chinese identity.
These children come to school with a rich set of collective experiences and a particular, well-developed dialect - black English.