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What is copula deletion in African American Vernacular English?
In African American Vernacular English (AAVE), the verb to be is sometimes dropped where standard English would keep it. Listen for “Oh, it hot” instead of “it’s hot.” That’s not laziness. It’s a regular feature of AAVE grammar with its own consistent rules: the copula appears when stressed, deletes when unstressed, like in many world languages.
AAVE is a full system of grammar millions of people speak natively, with deep roots and active research in linguistics. Recognising patterns like copula deletion turns a “confusing” English clip into a perfectly clear cooking demo. The same patterns show up in hip-hop, comedy, and everyday speech across Black America.
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Obecná četnost angličtiny
Četnost mluvené angličtiny
Slova nad úroveň tohoto videa
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Zdroj: wordfreq 3.1.1 (obecný) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (mluvený). Pásma jsou přibližná, přesné pořadí slov podle četnosti se neukládá.
- ▸In hip-hop lyrics from any era. Copula deletion is structurally common in the genre
- ▸In Black American sitcoms, films, and podcasts (Atlanta, Insecure, Black-ish)
- ▸In casual conversation across much of Black America, especially in informal registers
- ▸In Black cooking creators on YouTube and TikTok (“it ready y’all”)
- ▸In linguistics literature about AAVE. A heavily researched, fully systematic dialect