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Download full textMcDavid, Raven I., Jr. – 1963
The situation in the U.S. is different from that in England, France and other European countries: in each of those countries there is something that is known as the standard language, and a number of dialects apart from the standard language. There is also a rather close consensus on what the standard dialect is (especially on phonological lines).…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Language Role, Social Dialects
