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Theory: AAVE doesn't get respect because the vocabulary size in most AAVE corpuses is smaller than common English corpuses.

• dsfasfasf 14y ago
  No, it does not get respect because that is how people from a lower socioeconomic level speak. And if you come from a higher socioeconomic level you might not want to speak like that so as not to be confused from the lower socioeconomic level because it can kill off many opportunities in the work place or love relationships. Unfair? maybe, but this is how the real world works.
  • omonra 14y ago
    To be fair, people who speak ebonics do not want to sound 'white'. So both sides are doing this on purpose.
    • Evbn 14y ago
      And individuals get caught in the middle. No one acts independently.