The Morpho-syntax of Aspectual Stay in AAVE

Location

Grissom Hall, Room 118

Start Date

5-3-2016 10:00 AM

End Date

5-3-2016 10:30 AM

Description

Current research in African-American Vernacular English pays particular attention to several select aspectual markers. But there is another aspectual marker, stay, which is relatively understudied. It is our goal to remedy this need by providing a morpho-syntactic characterization of aspectual stay and comparing it to AAVE's other aspectual markers.

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The Morpho-syntax of Aspectual Stay in AAVE

Grissom Hall, Room 118

Current research in African-American Vernacular English pays particular attention to several select aspectual markers. But there is another aspectual marker, stay, which is relatively understudied. It is our goal to remedy this need by providing a morpho-syntactic characterization of aspectual stay and comparing it to AAVE's other aspectual markers.