Baker, a prominent black literary critic, holds that blues is the characteristic of black vernacular and is the original source of black literature. 著名黑人文学批评家小贝克认为,布鲁斯音乐是黑人本土话语的典型特征,是黑人文学文本研究的原始依据和文化源泉。
From the perspective of linguistics, the distinctive between modern Black English Vernacular and standard English lies in syntactical structures, such as the usage of verb be 、 different plural forms 、 the special use of tenses, the forms of double negative and multiple negatives, etc. 从语言学上来说,当代美国黑人英语与白人英语的最大区别是在于语法结构上,如系动词be的使用模式,复数形式的差异,动词时态的特殊用法,双重否定或多重否定形式等。
Reflector of the Black Culture: Langston Hughes 'Vernacular Poems 黑人文化的折射镜:兰斯顿·休斯的方言诗
Syntactical Features of Black English Vernacular 黑人英语的句法特征
The most distinguishing aspect is his incorporation of blues music and black dialect into poetry writing, which inherits and develops the African American vernacular tradition. 最突出的表现就是他将布鲁斯音乐和黑人方言融入到诗歌创作中,使黑人民俗文化传统得到继承和发展。