Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ468746
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Final Consonant Deletion in African American Children Speaking Black English: A Closer Look.
Moran, Michael J.
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, v24 n3 p161-66 Jul 1993
This study examined whether African-American children (n=10; ages 4-9) who deleted final consonants marked the presence of those consonants in some fashion. Results indicated that the children produced longer vowels preceding "deleted" voiced final consonants, suggesting that the children had knowledge of the final consonants perceived to be deleted. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Children, Consonants, Knowledge Level, Minority Groups, Nonstandard Dialects, Speech Evaluation, Vowels
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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