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Why is this separate from AAVE?

The two terms refer to the same dialect of English, according to linguists (such as Dr. Lisa Green who wrote the linked page) working on the dialect itself. There is no need to separate them. (Ebonics is also the same, but the term has a distinctive history, which is why I neglect to mention that one but it, arguably, should be combined, too.)

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-== African American Standard English ==
-Really? African American Standard English?
-"African-American Standard English is the prestigious end of the middle-class African-American language continuum, used for more formal, careful, or public settings than AAVE."
-That quote is quite possibly one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. American English in and of itself does not really have a prestigious or formal linguistic variation. Not like Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, etc. Given that I'm curious as to what the hell the above info is doing on this page?
-I don't like to just go around deleting things. But the section should be removed. It's borderline racist and has no factual basis. [[User:Sickboy254698|Sickboy254698]] ([[User talk:Sickboy254698|talk]]) 14:34, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
-:Given that it's quite clear that you have not checked either the sources cited, sources on the topic at hand, or basic introductory textbooks on sociolinguistics, I would recommend that you do any of those things first to be in a better place to discuss the section and how to improve it. Regards. — [[User:Aeusoes1|Æµ§œš¹]] <span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA">[[User talk:aeusoes1|<small><sub>[lɛts b̥iː pʰəˈlaɪˀt]</sub></small>]]</span> 21:27, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
-== Blaccent ==
-This article is the redirect for the term "blaccent" but it doesn't ever explain or mention the term itself. This seems rather confusing, especially because the mentions of "blaccent" that I've seen on other pages seem to be alluding to a controversial and presumably racist form of either imitation or mockery, whereas this article clearly describes a perfectly acceptable range of dialects in American English. Is the redirect leading to this page a mistake or just a placeholder?  Is there no dedicated article that explains what a "blaccent" is and why it's seemingly only mentioned in controversies and criticisms of public figures? [[Special:Contributions/108.174.175.69|108.174.175.69]] ([[User talk:108.174.175.69|talk]]) 04:05, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
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+== Move discussion in progress ==
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+== Why is this separate from AAVE?  ==
+The two terms refer to [https://apics-online.info/surveys/14 the same dialect of English], according to linguists (such as [[Lisa Green (linguist)|Dr. Lisa Green]] who wrote the linked page) working on the dialect itself. There is no need to separate them. ([[Ebonics]] is also the same, but the term has a distinctive history, which is why I neglect to mention that one but it, arguably, should be combined, too.)
+Further sources:
+* [https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/what-ebonics-african-american-english Linguistic Society of America]
+* [https://oraal.uoregon.edu/AAL/What-is-AAL Univ. of Oregon's African American Language resource page]
+* [https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/28056?login=false ''The Oxford Handbook of African American Language'']
+[[User:Edenaviv5|Edenaviv5]] ([[User talk:Edenaviv5|talk]]) 01:49, 29 February 2024 (UTC)