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Fasold, Ralph W. – TESOL Newsletter, 1971
Reprinted from The English Record," v21 n4 April 1971. (VM)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies, Grammar, Language Ability
Download full textFasold, Ralph W. – 1972
In recent years a considerable amount of interest has developed in language variability and in the educational problems connected with it. This volume is a report of linguistic research on the variable language behavior in a community of American English speakers, specifically on some aspects of tense marking in Black English. The following topics…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Studies, Dialect Studies, Grammar
Wolfram, Walter A; Fasold, Ralph W. – 1968
Some differences between Standard English (SE) and "Black English" (BE) have important consequences in communication of messages. The authors cite as an example the "habitual" function of the finite verb "be" which has no equivalent in SE. They point out that "simplification" of the English of the Bible may result in a "translation" which is…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Black Community, Black Culture, Black Dialects
