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Re:African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard Engli... by weberc2 on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:47PM (#15460270)
I recall that immigrant populations that don't integrate into the main population for long periods of time have a tendency to learn simplified versions of the original language. If I recall correctly, Old English lost a lot of its ornament when the Norse settled in Britain.

EDIT: I'm puzzled by the downvotes. Am I mistaken? If so, I'm happy to be corrected.

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Re:African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard Engli... by yodon on Thursday October 12, 2017 @03:36PM (#15460660)
You are probably thinking of Pidgins and Creoles[0], two very well studied linguistic categories that come about when two or more groups with no shared language come together (Pidgin) and then their children learn the Pidgin as a first language (morphing it into a Creole). AAVE is grammatically and functionally distinct from either a Pidgin or a Creole.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_language

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