Creolist Theory

The Africanist hypothesis deals with the languages of Africa. In West African countries, the language does not usually use consonant clusters. The sound of /st/ and /th/ are not heard in the African language. This pronunciation form is also seen in AAVE. In the p

ronunciation of “just” and “test” AAVE speakers say “jus” and “tes.” The use of double subjects is also seen in both AAVE and African grammar rules. Two pieces of evidence have been formed which question the Africanist hypothesis. So far, there has not been one African language that does contain all of the features used in AAVE. Some of the features can be found in non-standard English. These two pieces of evidence shoot holes through the hypothesis. Without an African language to derive AAVE features from, the hypothesis has no foundation. The idea of the features being found in non-standard English suggest that the African language might hot have had anything to do with the origin of AAVE.

The English Dialect hypothesis is the idea that AAVE reflects features of other non-standard English dialects. The two dialects, which strongly support this theory, are the Irish and Southern/Appalachian dialects. The idea is th

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