The African American vernacular English in Missy Elliott's supa dupa fly - Digital Collection of Petra Christian University

This is a study about English vernacular that exists in Missy Elliott?s first
album Supa Dupa Fly. The writer chose this topic because she realizes that many
English varieties exist and those varieties are almost similar to Standard English.
AAVE is one of the prominent varieties that exist in U.S. and has some unique
features. Through this study, the writer wants to show the distinctive features of
African American Vernacular English (AAVE), especially dealing with its
grammar. In this study, the writer focuses to answer two research questions:
"What are the AAVE grammatical features found in the lyrics of Supa Dupa Fly
album", "Which AAVE grammatical feature mostly occur in this album". The
analysis showed that Missy used several AAVE grammatical features: the use of
Nonfinite Verb, Omission of Finite Verb, Concord (Subject-Verb Concord &
Determiner), Semi-Modals, Determiners (the use of definite article and absence of
definite article), and Transformation (Negative Transformation and Question
Transformation). The dominant feature that exists in this album is the use of
Nonfinite Verb, which consists of the use of V-ing form, be + V-ing form, and
invariant be form in the sentences. Finally, after analyzing all kinds of features
found in this album, the writer concludes that she follows the experts? opinion
who mention that AAVE grammatical features are the results of grammar
simplification from Standard English. Those simplification then becomes one of
the characteristics of AAVE itself.

Contributor
• (84-001) Nani Indrajani Tjitrakusuma
• (76-012) Josefa Juniarti Mardijono

Category
s1 - Skripsi/Undergraduate Thesis (Program Studi Sastra Inggris S-1)

Rights
Undergraduate Thesis No. 02011477/ING/2006; Anisa Adharini (11401167)
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