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Cross-Dialectal Perceptual Experiences of Speech-Language Pathologists in Predominantly Caucasian American School Districts
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Robinson, Gregory C.; Stockman, Ida J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2009
Purpose: This study aimed to determine if the number and type of African American English (AAE) features that are spoken in sentences influence speech-language pathologists' (SLPs') judgments of (a) how noticeable the dialect is (dialect detectability) and (b) how understandable a speaker is to others (comprehensibility). Method: Certified SLPs…
Descriptors: Sentences, Speech Language Pathology, School Districts, Whites
Some Linguistic Features of Negro Dialects
Fasold, Ralph W.; Wolfram, Walt – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1972
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Dialects, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies
African-American English and Linguistic Complexity in Preschool Discourse; A Second Look.
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Craig, Holly K.; Washington, Julie A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1995
The prepositional phrases used in free play discourse by 45 African American preschoolers from low-income homes were analyzed. A statistically significant positive relationship was found between amounts of African American English (AAE) form use and relational semantic complexity. No significant relationships were found between simpler…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Dialect Studies, Discourse Analysis
Performance of Working Class African-American Children on Three Tests of Articulation.
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Cole, Patricia A.; Taylor, Orlando L. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1990
Ten African-American children, aged five to six, who speak Black English Vernacular were administered three standard English articulation tests. Results showed that a failure to take the issue of dialect variation into account substantially increased the likelihood of misdiagnosing normally speaking African-American children as having articulation…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Black Dialects, Black Students, Diagnostic Tests
Difference versus Deficit in Child African American English.
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Seymour, Harry N.; Bland-Stewart, Linda; Green, Lisa J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1998
The syntax of 14 child speakers of African American English (AAE) with and without language disorders were compared. Findings suggested that shared features between AAE and Standard American English may be more diagnostically salient than features not shared when identifying children of AAE language backgrounds with language disorders. (DB)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Clinical Diagnosis, Dialect Studies