Describe the distinctive features of Black English in its syntactic system by using examples.

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问题 Describe the distinctive features of Black English in its syntactic system by using examples.

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答案(1)Black English has a number of distinctive syntactic features.One prominent syntactic feature is the frequent absence of various forms of the copula“be”in Black English,which are required of Standard English.Consider the following sentences from Black English and Standard English: Black English Standard English He nice. He is nice./He’s nice. You crazy. You’re crazy. As Can be seen that Black English can omit the copula in the present tense whenever Standard English can use a contracted form of the verb. (2)Another distinctive syntactic feature of Black English is the systematic use of the expression“it is”instead of“there is”in Standard English,e.g.,Is it a Mr.Smith in this office? (3)Still another distinctive feature of Black English is that it uses double negation constructions,e.g,Black English: He don’t know nothing. He ain’t got none. Standard English: He doesn’t know anything. He hasn’t got any. This double negation structure proides a very effective means of emphasizing the negative part of a message in Black English.

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