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Edwards, Viv; Sutcliffe, Dave – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1977
Argues that the influence of dialect on the language of West Indian children may be much stronger than has been assumed. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Community Relations, Comprehension
STEWART, WILLIAM A. – 1968
IN AN EARLIER ARTICLE (ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE FLORIDA FOREIGN LANGUAGE REPORTER) THE AUTHOR CITED EVIDENCE FOR BELIEF THAT THE NEGRO FIELD SLAVES "SPOKE A VARIETY OF ENGLISH WHICH WAS IN FACT A TRUE CREOLE LANGUAGE" AND THAT STRUCTURAL TRACES OF THIS CREOLE PREDECESSOR MAY BE HEARD TODAY IN THE NONSTANDARD ENGLISH SPEECH PATTERNS OF AMERICAN…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black History, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics
