CULTURETECHLENSmy nigga
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Jacquelyn Rahman, 'The N Word: Its History and Use in the African American Community,' Journal of English Linguistics (2011), fetched in full: the -a variant nigga is an in-group African American English form conveying solidarity and identity; 'nigga may also be used to show solidarity stemming from a particular bond with a reliable friend, as when A. J. Johnson describes help he has received from Master P in surviving through difficult times: "That's my nigga"'; interviewees agree 'my nigga' suggests a close bond (closer than 'my boy'); use of nigga is generally restricted to African American males, who typically use it to address and refer to other males (citing Spears 1998; Smitherman 2000); Table 4 shows nigga as the most frequent ethnic term used to convey solidarity in the comedian data (41/111, 36.9%).
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Jacquelyn Rahman, 'The N Word: Its History and Use in the African American Community,' Journal of English Linguistics (2011), fetched in full: the -a variant nigga is an in-group African American English form conveying solidarity and identity; 'nigga may also be used to show solidarity stemming from a particular bond with a reliable friend, as when A. J.
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Jacquelyn Rahman, 'The N Word: Its History and Use in the African American Community,' Journal of English Linguistics (2011), fetched in full: the -a variant nigga is an in-group African American English form conveying solidarity and identity; 'nigga may also be used to show solidarity stemming from a particular bond with a reliable friend, as when A. J. Johnson describes help he has received from Master P in surviving through difficult times: "That's my nigga"'; interviewees agree 'my nigga' suggests a close bond (closer than 'my boy'); use of nigga is generally restricted to African American males, who typically use it to address and refer to other males (citing Spears 1998; Smitherman 2000); Table 4 shows nigga as the most frequent ethnic term used to convey solidarity in the comedian data (41/111, 36.9%).
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