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By: Hammad S. N'cho
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:African American communities; African American Vernacular English; African Americans; black English; black students; black studies; district schools

Black English, also referred to as Black English Vernacular (BEV), African American Vernacular English (AAVE), or Ebonics, is a dialectal adaptation of Standard American English found primarily within the African American community. The term refers primarily to patterns of ...

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  N'cho, H. (2008). Black english. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 1033-1033). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n330
  
  N'cho, Hammad S. "Black English." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 1033-1033. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n330.
  
  N'cho, H. 2008. Black English. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1033 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n330> [Accessed 22 Jun 2021].
  
  N'cho, Hammad S. "Black English." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 1033-1033. SAGE Knowledge. 22 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n330.
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