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Peer reviewedOetting, Janna B.; McDonald, Janet L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
This study compared three methods for identifying non-mainstream dialect use: listener judgment ratings, type-based counts of non-mainstream pattern use, token- based counts. Correct dialect classifications were made for 88 to 97 percent of participants, although regression algorithms had to be applied to the type- and token-based results. For…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Development, Children, Dialects
Peer reviewedWight, Jim – Educational Review, 1976
Suggests some reasons why the exploration and description of language function is often an untidy exercise but, none-the-less very rewarding and rich in implication for English teaching. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Definitions, Dialect Studies
Peer reviewedThomson, Jack – Educational Review, 1977
Considers why Bernstein's theory of language codes has been misinterpreted, and describes an experiment in which undergraduate students interpret categories derived from Bernstein's lists of "linguistic code markers" in accordance with expectations emanating from a simplistic understanding of the theory. Suggests that the labelling…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Illustrations, Labeling (of Persons), Language Classification
