Variations in the English Language Depending on Audience as Seen Through Tyler, The Creator
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https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v11i4.3589Keywords:
Hip-hop, Music, Tyler the Creator, Copula Variation, African American EnglishAbstract
Tyler, the Creator is one of the most popular artists of the late 2010s. Perceptible in many of his works, Tyler changes the way he speaks depending on the context of his song and his audience. This paper argues that, in order to fit into the hip-hop community, Tyler uses more variations characteristic of African American English whereas personal albums stray away from variations to focus on the content itself. This is because Tyler is more focused on his story than fitting in.
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