接触与语言的生灭——美国黑人历史对黑人英语的影响

The Contact & Language's Birth and Death——The impact of African-American history on Black English

美国黑人英语作为英语中最重要的种族变体,以其独特的语音、词汇、语法等特点与标准英语存在较大的区别,黑人英语不是任意的蹩脚的劣等语言,它有着自己产生发展的过程。总的来说,美国黑人的历史决定了黑人英语产生的必然及发展方向。随着黑人在美国社会地位的提高,经济状况的改善,黑人民族心理的弱化注定了黑人英语这一美国社会方言将被标准英语同化的必然趋势。

As an important variety of English, American Black English is different from Standard English in phonology, lexicon and features. It has its own origin and developing history; therefore, Black English should not be looked down as an arbitrary and low - grade language. In general, the history of African- American determines the inevitability of the language＇s appearance and developing direction, Nowadays; with the promotion of social status and the improvement of economic condition, African- American＇s national mentality is weakening, which determines the destiny of Black Englishi one of American social dialects, will be assimilated by Standard English one day.