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Peer reviewedWolfram, Walt – Journal of Ethnic Studies, 1974
This essay notes that the book under review is primarily a popular translation of research in the area of vernacular black English (VBE) that presents a relatively non-technical discussion of the linguistic characteristics of VBE and their educational implications. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Blacks, Book Reviews, Cultural Influences
Major, Clarence – 1970
The speech habits of the most oppressed --and the largest-- segment of the black population in the United States did not spring solely from an inability to handle acceptable forms of spoken English, nor mainly from the limitations caused by the particular stock of words known to the speaker. Black slang stems from a somewhat disseminated rejection…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dictionaries, Language Patterns, Language Role
Download full textLinn, Michael D. – 1973
Teachers of culturally different students should not ridicule or verbally abuse their students, but should try to show them how the characteristics of formal English differ from urban Black English. They must be able to explain the appropriateness of standard English usage in certain situations, while they still maintain respect for the students'…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Cultural Influences, English Instruction, Language Classification
COHEN, PAUL; LABOV, WILLIAM – 1967
THIS PAPER WAS SUBMITTED TO THE BUREAU OF CURRICULUM RESEARCH OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THEIR USE IN PREPARING A MANUAL FOR LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS IN GRADES 5 TO 12. THE SUGGESTIONS HERE GREW OUT OF THE AUTHORS' ATTEMPTS "TO ISOLATE THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE VERNACULAR USED IN URBAN GHETTOS AND THE…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Contrastive Linguistics, Curriculum Development
Shuy, Roger W. – 1968
This document comprises the final report of the Detroit Dialect Study (see also AL 001 422 and AL 001 419). In order to contrast the speech patterns of various socio-economic groups, the research design included--(1) randomly selecting approximately 700 Detroit residents of four major age groups from an enumerated population providing as few…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Dialect Studies, English Instruction, Ethnic Groups
Smitherman, Geneva – 1986
Speech, language, and composition professionals should take a leadership role in working toward a national public policy on language. The declining rates of literacy and educational achievement in AfroAmerican communities serve as evidence that such a policy is needed. However, the policy would govern language teaching and language use throughout…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education, Language, Language Acquisition
Di Pietro, Robert J. – 1970
This paper discusses and compares bidialectalism and various types of bilingualism, and the educational considerations presented by each. Stable bilingualism can result when each language is used by most, if not all, members of the community for different purposes. In a bilingual situation, societal factors are frequently such that no agreement…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
