“…At least 20 child AAE studies have included auxiliaries within the analyses (Burns, Paulk, Seymour, & Pearson, 2000;Cleveland & Oetting, 2013;Fasold et al, 1987;Green, 2011;Green, Wyatt, & Lopez, 2007;Horton-Ikard, 2002;Horton-Ikard, Ellis Weismer, & Edwards, 2005;Jackson & Roberts, 2001;Oetting & Garrity, 2006;Oetting & McDonald, 2001;Oetting & Pruitt, 2005;Roy, Oetting, & Moland, 2013;Seymour, Bland-Stewart, & Green, 1998;Thompson, Craig, & Washington, 2004;Van Hofwegen & Wolfram, 2010;Washington & Craig, 1994, 2002Washington, Craig, & Kushmaul, 1998). As mentioned earlier, most of these studies have focused on isolated aspects of the AAE grammar, such as those that show differences (or a contrast) between AAE and MAE.…”