Date:  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 12:50:34 -0800

From:  "Alan S. Kaye" <AKAYE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCVAX.FULLERTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: oj trial



Re: The term EBONICS

This term simply means 'black sounds' (Ebony magazine). It is a term which has

been around for decades, and is one widely known by African Americans. There

was a conference about 20 years ago on it, and most of the papers has this

term in the title. Most non-African-American linguists do not know the term

nor use it.

Alan Kaye

Linguistics

CSU, Fullerton

akaye[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]fullerton.edu