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Dillard, J. L. – 1977
The purpose of this volume is to demonstrate that the fields of linguistics, dialectology, language education, and early reading would be well served by a word book of the Black English vernacular. Chapters are devoted to discussion of the social significance of a lexicon of Black English vernacular, the terminology of sex and lovemaking, religion…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Patterns, Language Research
Schneider, Edgar W., Ed. – 1996
Essays on varieties of English in the United States include: "Research Trends in the Study of American English" (Edgar W. Schneider); "Piney Woods Southern" (Lee Pederson); "Foundations of American English" (William A. Kretzschmar, Jr.); "The Comparability of Linguistic Atlas Records: The Case of LANCS an…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), College Students
