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Peer reviewedBailey, Guy; Maynor, Natalie – Language in Society, 1987
A review of recent language research regarding the black English vernacular (BEV) considers new developments involving (1) the grammars of elderly and young speakers; (2) indications that BEV is not decreolizing but is actually diverging from white speech; and (3) the effect of contemporary developments on differences between black and white…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Dialects, Children, Creoles
Peer reviewedSankoff, Gillian; Cedergren, Henrietta – Language in Society, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, French, Grammar, Language Research
Peer reviewedPfaff, Carol W. – Language in Society, 1976
Results of a study are discussed which involved first grade black children who produced multiple instances of linguistic variables. The suggestion is made that the standard English "is" and "has" in certain constructions have been reanalyzed as nominal inflections. (RM)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Child Language, Elementary School Students, Grammar
