DW2b

The difference between AAVE on websites and in the readings for class is that in the readings in class, AAVE is presented and discussed as a form of dialect. It is presented in a form in which you can read and understand what is being said with interpretations. As well, the readings in class teach about the use of AAVE. In the Knadler piece, he gives examples from the blogs of his students. Online and from the websites I've analyzed, AAVE is not discussed or analyzed, it is just used. The websites use AAVE in their normal dialect. It is not used to help explain the language, but instead is used because it IS the dialect. Knadler uses AAVE in the examples he gives of his students, such as,"Frequently, she and several other students had created sub-conferences within our larger class chat in which they volleyed back and forth rappers’ misogynistic insults at each other, calling each other 'bitches' and 'ho’s' and saying what they were going to 'play' them." On websits that have AAVE on them, generally speaking it's actual use of the language. On Kanye West's blog, he comments on rumors about him. "Do y'all remember when people said my fiancee was pregnant???? ... I had my own family asking me about that. Now the media is saying I'm going to anger management something or 'nother." The largest difference between the is that the readings we look at explain AAVE, while the websites use AAVE.