American Standard English, it should be ‘Is this the alternative?’ Besides, in this sentence: “He ain’t got no voice.” We can identify it by checking the grammatical
characteristics of AAVE. This sentence can be analyzed as having AAVE feature: double negation. It should be ‘He didn’t get any voice’. We can input the
sentences into the table to compare the grammatical characteristics of AAVE with Standard English.
AAVE sentences General Description
Standard American English
This the alternative The copula be is dropped
zero copula. Is this the alternative?
He ain’t got no voice. Use of ain’t as a general
negative indicator and Double negation.
He didn’t get any voice.
Accordingly, in this research, the writer is interested in studying grammatical features of AAVE which are used in Precious movie.
B. Focus of the Research
The scope of this research is on the grammatical analysis of African American Vernacular English AAVE used in Precious movie.
C. Research Question
In this research, the writer will propose the research question as below: To what extent is the difference of grammatical features of African
American Vernacular English AAVE in Precious movie from Standard English?
D. Significance of the Research
The significances of this research are as follows:
A. Practically, this research is expected of giving valuable knowledge
in the development of linguistics in sociolinguistics field in general and especially in the study of grammatical characteristics for
African American Vernacular English AAVE, comparing to Standard English.
B. Theoretically, this research can be a reference of sociolinguistics
field for the language researcher and the readers. For the writer, this research can enlarge her knowledge about sociolinguistics
especially African American Vernacular English AAVE.
E. Research Methodology
A. Objective of the Research
The objective of the research is to know the grammatical features of African American Vernacular English which are used by the main character, Precious, a
black American actress, in Precious movie.
B. Method of the Research
In this research, the writer uses a descriptive qualitative method. The writer describes the data which are collected from the script of Precious movie by
referring to the existence of linguistic elements without counting them statistically.
C. Data Analysis
In this research, the writer uses the descriptive analysis technique. In this analysis, the writer uses the grammatical characteristics of AAVE which are
proposed by FasoldWolfram 1970; Owen 1995, and other AAVE grammarians.
D. Instrument of the Research
