Write a response to one of the following two questions. Your response should be between 2 and 5 pages in length, and should be a group production.
Many people refer to African American English as slang. Slang may be defined as word or phrase that changes rapidly, is used by an in-group, and is often used in the place of a common word to refer to a taboo subject such as sex, drugs, or intoxication. With these characteristics in mind, come up with a list of slang words for a particular subject. What is the relationship between AAE and slang?
Some people believe that other languages are a threat to the linguistic unity of the United States because the English language is our common civic language. Why do you think people fear other languages encroaching on the position of English as the dominant language in the U.S.? Is there another area of the world that faces a similar language issue arising from the increase in a population that does not speak the mainstream language?