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Download full textFine, Marlene G.; Anderson, Carolyn – 1978
This study describes the syntactic features of Black English Vernacular (BEV) spoken by black characters in three black situation comedies on American television: "The Jeffersons,""Good Times," and "What's Happening." Using scripts and audio tapes of three episodes from each series during the 1977-78 television season, transcripts were made of…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Blacks, Commercial Television
