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Peer reviewedTrudgill, Peter – Language in Society, 1974
It is argued that findings and techniques from both sociolinguistics and theoretical geography can aid in improving descriptions of geographical variation in language. Social and spatial characteristics of language change may thereby be better explained. (CK)
Descriptors: Atlases, Dialect Studies, English, Geographic Concepts
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
