IAR Analysis “It Bees that Way Sometime”

What is invention?
- Investigate dialect and language differences
- Interview people who spoke Black English and record findings

What is being invented?
- There are many correct ways to speak the same language, even though they may not sound the same
- Correct Black English vs. correct White English
- In Black English, individual words mean different things than in White English
- Words function differently in different dialects

What is arrangement?
- Comparing and contrasting
- Specific real life examples

What is being arranged?
- Black and White English
- Past, present, and future tenses
- Signal condition of time

What is being revised?
- Both Black and White English is correct
- Black English is a fading dialect

What is revision?
- Citations of real life language
- Real life examples
- Many examples of the two different styles