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Labov, William – 1972
Reported here is the work of two linguists, William Labov and Paul Cohen, and of two black researchers who know the culture of the inner city, Clarence Robins and John Lewis. Together they explore certain aspects of Black English vernacular (BEV) and certain political and cultural aspects of the black community. Part 1 (chapters 1-4) deals with…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Language Handicaps
Download full textLabov, William – 1968
This report presents some of the findings of several years research on the relations between the non-standard English used by Negro speakers in various urban ghetto areas (NNE) and standard English (SE). The immediate subject is the status of the copula and auxiliary "be" in NNE. The approach to the problem combines the methods of…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, English
