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Peer reviewedColes-White, D'Jaris – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2004
In this study, African American English (AAE)-speaking children's comprehension of 2 different types of double negative sentences was examined and contrasted with that of a comparison group of Standard American English (SAE)-speaking children. The first type of double negative, negative concord, involves 2 negative elements in a sentence that are…
Descriptors: North American English, African Americans, Language Impairments, Sentence Structure
