Vernacular In African American Culture
1. Rap Descendant
Rap has its origins that belong to ancient Africans brought to America, where the Rap ancestors got their own accent (Vernacular English), and lived their own culture (African American Culture) such as Funk, Jazz, Rock, and then Hip-Hop; like the majority of colored race, the black race suffered from enslavement and terror of the whites, thus in order to establish their position within American society, African Americans revolted against the white regime in the sixteenth (Civil Rights Movement), and lost thousands of its people for one and only purpose, gaining their total freedom. This events and sacrifices led to the apparition of a new African American culture named Hip-Hop, which became after one of the standards of the …show more content…
The vernacular literal origins went back to middle ages in different European countries, where Dante Alighieri, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Mark Twain are regarded to be the first to use such linguistic variety in their works, in order to reinforce the setting of a narrative, creates a sense of realism, and make a strong connection with their readers.
Vernacular can differ from a region to another, moreover we may have different vernacular languages within one region, like the American case where we can find the African American Vernacular, the Hispanic Vernacular, and other vernacular varieties.
1.1.2. African American Vernacular Traditions
The vernacular traditions tends to be a cultural way of life, and a voice of early African Americans, that refers to their sacred and secular elements of their oral traditions which shaped their identity, such as the Church Songs, Sermons, and Prayers, and the secular which includes Ballads, Tales, Blues, Jazz, and more recently Rap.
1.1.3. Major Statements on African American Vernacular English
Mostly spoken by middle African class, African American Vernacular English is considered as a variety (Dialect, Ethnolect, and Sociolect) of American English language (Edwards
Rap has its origins that belong to ancient Africans brought to America, where the Rap ancestors got their own accent (Vernacular English), and lived their own culture (African American Culture) such as Funk, Jazz, Rock, and then Hip-Hop; like the majority of colored race, the black race suffered from enslavement and terror of the whites, thus in order to establish their position within American society, African Americans revolted against the white regime in the sixteenth (Civil Rights Movement), and lost thousands of its people for one and only purpose, gaining their total freedom. This events and sacrifices led to the apparition of a new African American culture named Hip-Hop, which became after one of the standards of the …show more content…
The vernacular literal origins went back to middle ages in different European countries, where Dante Alighieri, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Mark Twain are regarded to be the first to use such linguistic variety in their works, in order to reinforce the setting of a narrative, creates a sense of realism, and make a strong connection with their readers.
Vernacular can differ from a region to another, moreover we may have different vernacular languages within one region, like the American case where we can find the African American Vernacular, the Hispanic Vernacular, and other vernacular varieties.
1.1.2. African American Vernacular Traditions
The vernacular traditions tends to be a cultural way of life, and a voice of early African Americans, that refers to their sacred and secular elements of their oral traditions which shaped their identity, such as the Church Songs, Sermons, and Prayers, and the secular which includes Ballads, Tales, Blues, Jazz, and more recently Rap.
1.1.3. Major Statements on African American Vernacular English
Mostly spoken by middle African class, African American Vernacular English is considered as a variety (Dialect, Ethnolect, and Sociolect) of American English language (Edwards