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Peer reviewedCannon, Garland – College Composition and Communication, 1973
Considers four linguistic assumptions which bear on any multidialectal teaching situation: There is no single monolithic Standard English in the United States, a given native speaker is not structurally or linguistically deficient, differences among dialects are superficial, and the matter of dialects is one of social status. (RB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Language Instruction, Linguistic Competence
