The Grammatical Analysis of AAVE in “Straight Outta Compton” Movie
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Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin
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791.43 Bioskop, Movie, Film Hiburan, Sinema
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2017-12-04 02:37:23
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The results of the research defined the use of negator ain’t as in “I ain’t no rapper” for “I am not a rapper” in SE. This function shows the alternation of copulative verb be+not with ain’t and as negators to stress the negative meaning of the sentence. The movie also uses the AAVE verb phrase feature remote been such as “I been workin” for “I have been working” in SE. The movie also shows the use of auxiliary was for pronoun you and we as in “You was throwing up” for “You were throwing up in SE. Copula or auxiliary deletion in interrogative sentence, such as in “What you want?” for “What do you want?” in SE. The use of completive done as the alternation of completive auxiliary have as in “He done made” for “He has made” in SE. The use of subjective pronoun they as a possessive pronoun and the use of objective pronoun them as an adjective demonstrative for countable nouns as in “I got them rhymes” for “I got those rhymes” in SE. The writer concluded that this variety of English was totally used in the movie as the representation of AAVE speakers and they may use the grammatical features of AAVE different from Standard English grammatical rules.
The results of the research defined the use of negator ain’t as in “I ain’t no rapper” for “I am not a rapper” in SE. This function shows the alternation of copulative verb be+not with ain’t and as negators to stress the negative meaning of the sentence. The movie also uses the AAVE verb phrase feature remote been such as “I been workin” for “I have been working” in SE. The movie also shows the use of auxiliary was for pronoun you and we as in “You was throwing up” for “You were throwing up in SE. Copula or auxiliary deletion in interrogative sentence, such as in “What you want?” for “What do you want?” in SE. The use of completive done as the alternation of completive auxiliary have as in “He done made” for “He has made” in SE. The use of subjective pronoun they as a possessive pronoun and the use of objective pronoun them as an adjective demonstrative for countable nouns as in “I got them rhymes” for “I got those rhymes” in SE. The writer concluded that this variety of English was totally used in the movie as the representation of AAVE speakers and they may use the grammatical features of AAVE different from Standard English grammatical rules.
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