I agree that this is a fascinating study. I also first took
"Mixed-Race group" to mean a group of "mixed-race" people, but after
re-reading Andrew's message, I think he just means that the group had a
mixture of people from different racial identifications (white, black,
Asian, Latino, Danubian, etc.).
I also find it interesting because as we know, there is a huge
amount of variation in Black English/AAVE. Despite this variation,
people across the country have settled on a set of cues to signal
in-group membership. This clearly relates to the evolution of Black
English in the 20th Century, as shown in the work that Wolfram and his
colleagues have done in Hyde County, NC. For example, see the clip with
James Spencer that starts at 0:45 in this video, as it contrasts with
the other voices in the video and in the other Hyde County videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTt07IVDeww
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-Angus B. Grieve-Smith
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