Should Ebonics Be Recognized as a New Language

I feel that Ebonics should not be recognized as a new language, because it derives mostly from English, and has features that resemble the Standard English. Before I discuss why Ebonics simply is a dialect, I would like to reassure what the definitions of 'language' and 'dialect' are. Language is a "Communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals used by a nation, people, or other distinct community," while dialect means, "A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists." These definitions tell us that Ebonics has more vernacular elements than linguistic.…