Question

Why does zora neale hurston use nonstandard english in this excerpt? to emphasize the relationship between john and his parents to provide a historical context in which the events occur to portray the dialect of african americans during the period to reflect the mixed emotions john’s mother has about her child

Answer 1

The reason why  zora neale used Non standard English was in order for her to  portray the dialect of African Americans during the period.

What is a dialect?

This is a way of speaking a particular language that is peculiar to a group of persons.

The lady used non standard English to show us how Black Americans spoke their own version of the English language at the time.

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