Eberhardt & Freeman (2015)

Fir[s] things first I'm the r[ɪ]lest -- what features of AAE does this line illustrate?

• /r/-lessness & monophthongal /ai/

• consonant cluster reduction & laxing of /i/ before /l/

• th-fronting & zero copula

• nasal fronting & /r/-lessness

What grammatical feature does this line from Heavy Crown illustrate?

all of my folks who done been here

• remote past been

• completive done

• habitual be

• preterite ain't

Iggy Azalea's use of AAVE is ungrammatical. True or false?

• True

• False

Tick all that apply to Iggy Azalea's use of zero copula.

• Her rate is a lot higher than Eminem's

• Her rate is higher than Eve's

• She uses Ø (zero) more for are than is

• Her rate of zero copula in interviews is as high as in her songs

Iggy Azalea's behavior corresponds to what Cutler (2003) observed for "core" members of the hip hop nation. True or false?

• True

• False

Tick all that apply.

• Azalea's rate of zero copula is higher than Beyoncé's in Renaissance

• Like in Renaissance, Azalea uses zero copula more before NPs than before -ing

• Beyoncé (in her first 6 albums) and Azalea both use zero copula for are more often than for is

• Azalea's zero copula is constrained differently than in Beyoncé's first 6 albums when it comes to following grammatical environment.

According to the authors, what makes Azalea's behavior appropriation?

• The extent to which she uses AAVE in her music

• Her refusal to acknowledge her outsider status

• The fact that she uses AAVE incorrectly

• The fact that she chooses to do hip hop in particular