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Peer reviewedCrew, Louie – Phylon, 1975
Argues that, considering the widespread pluralism in dialects in the Black community, the linguists' use of the term "Black English" to describe the language of only one group of blacks seems an example of poor communication between linguists and the general public; and that linguistists cannot afford to ignore the racial plays for power in the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Dialects, Language Patterns, Language Planning
