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Download full textLight, Richard L. – English Record, 1971
Four nonstandard linguistic features used by five black children, ages 6-11 years, in 14 conversations were recorded and transcribed. The interviewers included male and female adults, Negro and white. The four nonstandard linguistic features were multiple negation, and absence of the Z suffixes marking noun plural, possession, and the third person…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Dialect Studies, Language Patterns
