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Linguistic and cultural history has been fostered and maintained through the Black church, including adding words and phrases to the lexicon and the Call-Response style of linguistic engagement.

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Speech Acts
AAVE is used for different types of speech acts commonly performed within the community and within specific social situations. There are two general categories of speech acts: performative, and non-performative. The performative speech acts are competitions of verbal one-upmanship, such as signifying (also called “capping”, “shooting”, “dropping lugs”, “blazing”, “bagging” and “joaning”), playing the dozens (some researchers categorize this as a type of signifying) , rapping, and Toasts. These often are spoken rhythmically through rhyme and displays verbal dexterity. These types of speech acts are usually friendly competitions within social groups where the participants play with the language through rhyme, rhythm and cadence. Toasts are performative but not competitive. It is a form of praising another person's prized qualities through memorized poetic tributes. These are usually spoken in the first person.

Non-performative speech acts include marking, loud-talking, woofing, and ''call-response. Marking'' is used to emphasize some feature or behavior of another person through mocking or mimicry. Loud-talking is used to call someone out either directly or indirectly for their behavior by making a statement in a raised volume so others outside the group can hear. Woofing is used by someone to exaggerate his strength and skill in order to intimidate another person to avoid a fight.

Call-response is derived from the Oral tradition, and shows active engagement in the conversation by all parties involved. It is commonly found in the Black churches. The minister's sermon would be recognized as the "call", and the congregants' verbal affirmations and acknowledgements are the response, often referred to as testifyin'. The call and response is also employed in other forms of conversation. Body language, such as gestures, eye movements, hand movements, and head-tilts are an important part of these speech acts and provide additional information or emphasis. Each of these speech acts have different goals and are governed by their own set of rules that determine what is and is not acceptable.