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Peer reviewedBaker, Ronald L. – Contemporary Education, 1988
The study of folk speech, which traditionally included only regional dialects, has evolved to include cultural and generational dialects. This article discusses how folk speech study has come to include a range of dialects and a variety of sociolinguistic trends. (JL)
Descriptors: Dialects, Ethnography, Folk Culture, Language Classification
Peer reviewedWhaley, Lindsay J.; Grenoble, Lenore A.; Li, Fengxiang – Language, 1999
Demonstrates that two Tungusic languages, Evenki and Oroqen, that have long been treated as a single language for classification purposes, are better treated as distinct linguistic varieties. Fundamental questions are raised about the current classification of Tungusic languages and a renewed examination is suggested of the role of dialect…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dialects, Language Classification, Language Variation
