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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelBlack English Vernacular is often found in television, radio and in daily
life conversation. However, many non-English speaking students are not familiar
with that because they only learn about Standard English in school. The writer
wants to know the types of BEV linguistic items and the frequency of BEV
linguistic items produced by Gina, a black main character in ?Beauty Shop? film
and tries to relate it to the factors of solidarity and ethnicity to the addressees. In
analyzing the data, the writer uses Trudgill?s (1983) theory of Black English
Vernacular varieties and Labov?s (1972) theory of Black English Vernacular
linguistic items. Also, the writer uses the theory from Holmes (1992) about the
factors of solidarity and ethnicity in affecting someone?s speech. The writer
classifies the utterances into the BEV linguistic items and analyses the addressees?
relationship with Gina. The result shows that there are some types of BEV
linguistic features frequently are used and some features do not occur in Gina?s
speech. Also, the writer found that solidarity and ethnicity affect Gina?s speech,
but the solidarity factor plays a more important role in making Gina produce more
BEV. Also, the writer found that not all the BEV linguistic items occur in Gina?s
speech even though she speaks BEV.