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Variability in Production Is the Rule, Not the Exception, at the Onset of Multi-Word Speech
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Virginia Valian – Language Learning and Development, 2024
The first stage of combinatorial speech is better described as variable than uniform. Talk of variants obscures two different aspects of language (knowledge and use) and two different aspects of language development -- acquisition of the grammar (competence) and deployment of the grammar in speaking and listening (performance). Null subjects and…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Language Acquisition, Language Variation, Grammar
Dialectical Features of Black Characters in Situation Comedies on Television.
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Fine, Marlene G.; Anderson, Carolyn – Phylon, 1980
Three prime time television situation comedies with primarily Black casts were studied for frequency and variations in use of Black English Vernacular (BEV). It is suggested that homogenization of BEV on American television reflects the attitude that BEV is not a legitimate language choice. (GC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Dialects, Language Attitudes, Language Usage
Attitudes, Norms and Standardization in English: Some Aspects of the Language in Its Social Context; Metapragmatics and Chauncey Gardener: Toward an Ecology of Communication. ROLIG-papir 50.
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Preisler, Bent; Caffi, Claudia – 1993
Two papers address different issues in linguistic theory. "Attitudes, Norms and Standardization in English: Some Aspects of the Language In Its Social Context," by Bent Preisler, looks at how attitudes affect language norms and ultimately, standardization in British and U.S. English. It begins with the attitudes and communicative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Language, Communication Problems