Discussion Questions

1. What are dialects?
2. List and define the types of dialects.
3. How can we differentiate the regional dialects?
4. What is SAE?
5. List two syntactic differences between AAE and SAE.
6. What’s it African American Vernacular English?
7. What is the other name with which African American Vernacular English is known?
8. What happens when two consonants appear at the end of a word in the African American Vernacular English?
9.  What’s it Chicano English?
10. What happens with the negations in Chicano English?