美国黑人英语语言特点探讨

Discussion on the Features of American Black English

美国黑人人口众多,黑人英语在美国社会的影响正逐步增加。但是关于黑人英语的研究还不很充分,争议也颇多。现在学术界对于黑人英语本质上是否是一种独立的语言体系有两种对立的观点。一种观点认为黑人英语和标准英语一样,只是英语的一种方言;另一种观点则认为黑人英语有自己的特点,是独立的体系。文章从黑人英语的历史起源及其本身的语言特点论证黑人英语是一个独立的,有自身规律的体系。

Black people account for a large part in the population of the U. S. A. . Their influences have been deeper on society. However, researches on the Black English are not so profound or satisfying. Also, the Black English itself is controversial. At present there are two opponent points of view: one is that the Black English is only a dialect of English, just as standard English; the other is that Black English has its own characteristic features in essence and it is a separate system. This paper argues that Black English is a separate system through discussing the origin and linguistic features of the Black English.