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Download full textBilliard, Charles E. – 1975
This paper describes a graduate course for language arts teachers at Georgia State University in Atlanta, titled Social Dialects and Language Learning. Classroom procedures and activities in the course were organized into five cumulative, related phases to engage the teachers in useful fieldwork in order to achieve major objectives of the course.…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Higher Education, Language Usage, Linguistics
Shuy, Roger W. – 1974
The formal study of social dialects has received increasing attention since about the middle of the sixties. In linguistics, the study of social dialectology has resulted in the clear demonstration of the importance of sociolinguistic variation in linguistic theory in contrast to the former preoccupation with linguistic universals. In education,…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Education, English, Interdisciplinary Approach
Macris, James, Ed. – 1971
Abstracts of 23 addresses given at the Sixteenth Annual Conference on Linguistics are presented in this report. The papers given at the conference deal with French, American English, English, Japanese, Cantonese, Latin, and Proto-Indo-European and cover a wide variety of topics, including dialectology, form classes, grammar, and semantics. The…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Conferences, Dialect Studies, Grammar
Shuy, Roger W. – 1974
Sociolinguistics is characterized by a concern for viewing language variation and for seeing language in real social contexts. It has a high potential for relationship and application to other fields such as education, sociology, and psychology. Sociolinguistics try to study the speech of a community, and instead of studying the presence or…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Dialect Studies, Language Instruction
DEHNKE, RONALD E. – 1968
RATHER THAN TEACHING PRESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR OR LINGUISTICS, NEITHER OF WHICH IS LIKELY TO INCREASE THE ABILITY TO WRITE, SPEAK, OR LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, THE ENGLISH TEACHER SHOULD GUIDE THE STUDENTS INTO AN INQUIRY ABOUT THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE. SUCH AN INQUIRY WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LANGUAGE USAGE IS DETERMINED BY THE SOCIAL SITUATION AND THAT…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Dialect Studies, English Instruction, Inquiry
Frazer, Timothy C.; Livingston-Webber, Joan – 1992
Students of English around the world are commonly taught according to one of two models, "British" English, and "American" English. Indeed, there is a persistent popular myth (present in many linguistics and second-language texts) that a single "Midwestern" variety of American English exists. The usage of the term…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Higher Education, Language Variation, Linguistics
Allen, Harold B. – 1967
Today, the study of regional and social dialects is offering valuable assistance to language teachers. Although studies comprehending all regions of the United States are still unrealized, linguistic geographers have undertaken comprehensive field studies of many regional language variations, making available (1) atlases describing the regional…
Descriptors: Atlases, Dialect Studies, Dialects, English Instruction
Pederson, Lee, Ed.; And Others – 1974
The Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States (LAGS) Project is a survey of regional and social dialects in eight southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. This manual has been prepared both for those who will conduct the research and for those who are interested in the aims and methods of the…
Descriptors: Atlases, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Distinctive Features (Language)
PDF pending restorationWorth, Dean S., Ed.; Meyerstein, Zlata P., Ed. – 1973
This reference grammar provides extensive analysis and examples of the Czech language. The introductory section discusses general concepts concerning speech and language, Czech dialectology, linguistic analysis, stylistics, grammar, and diachronic linguistics. The major sections include phonology, orthography, morphology, and syntax. Several…
Descriptors: Czech, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Grammar
Zuck, Louis V.; Goodman, Yetta M. – 1971
Designed for teachers, curriculum planners, and educational researchers, this annotated bibliography includes 63 entries which deal with issues surrounding social and regional dialects and reading. The titles include journal articles and books which have been published from 1963 to 1971. It is divided into four sections: (1) "Linguistic Concepts…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Dialect Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Instruction
SHUY, ROGER W. – 1967
THIS BOOK PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF DIALECTOLOGY AS A DESCRIPTIVE SCIENCE AND OF MAJOR ASPECTS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH DIALECTS. THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS DEFINE WHAT DIALECTS ARE AND HOW REGIONAL AND SOCIAL DIALECTS DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER IN TERMS OF PRONUNCIATION, VOCABULARY, AND GRAMMAR. CHAPTER 3 NOTES THE PATTERNS OF SETTLEMENT…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects, English Instruction
Davis, A. L.; And Others – 1969
This study involved the preparation of a set of 32 tape recordings of speakers of standard regional varieties of English in the United States and Canada, and the preparation of descriptive materials to accompany the tapes. Each tape includes (1) replies to 237 items based upon the pronunciation items of the "Linguistic Atlas of the United…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, English Instruction, Idioms, Language Research
