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Wolfram, Walt – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1993
Reviews the rationale for and programmatic structure of two experimental language awareness programs and discusses some of the ethical issues requiring consideration in the implementation of such programs. These ethical considerations include the ethics of persuasion and need, the ethics of representation, the ethics of socio-educational change,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Ethics
Wolfram, Walt; Christian, Donna – 1975
The aim of the research reported here was to describe dialect diversity in Appalachia (Monroe and Mercer Counties, West Virginia) and to examine the possible effect of this diversity on education. The present volume contains the first two parts of the report, the third being submitted separately. The first part includes chapters 1-5, the second…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Grammar, Language Research