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ERIC Number: EJ084313
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1973
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"Grammar and Goodness"
Smitherman, Geneva
English Journal, 62, 5, 774-78, May 73
Discusses (1) American class anxiety and racism as reflected in the linguistic purist tradition; (2) the didialectalism of contemporary Black Idiom speakers; (3) the need for accurate comprehensive descriptions of Black Idiom; and (4) the need for teachers to teach communication skills to Black students. (MM)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Communication Skills, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Nonstandard Dialects, Oral English, Social Attitudes, Speech Communication, Teacher Role
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