Range in the Use and Realization of BIN in African American English.

WHAT IT FOUND

This paper analyzes the grammar and sound of a specific African American English marker.

It reports no clinical outcomes or therapy interventions, so there is nothing here to change therapeutic practice on.

What this paper is

This is a linguistic analysis of the phonetic and semantic properties of the African American English marker BIN. It describes how speakers produce and perceive this grammatical feature in sociolinguistic interviews and controlled reading tasks. It reports no clinical outcomes, patient diagnoses, or therapy interventions, so there is nothing here to change therapeutic practice on.

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