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Peer reviewedMusumeci, Diane – Italica, 1991
An investigation of the sociolinguistic features that govern contemporary use of the Italian formal ("Lei") and informal ("tu") forms of address suggests that teachers of Italian must help students become aware of the complex factors underlying the choice of form, rather than just drill them in usage. (12 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Italian, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Lecointre, Simone; Le Galliot, Jean – Langages, 1973
Special issue on "Changing Linguistics." (DD)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Shores, David L. – South Atlantic Bulletin, 1974
Examines attitudes in the Black community towards the topic of Black English and specifically the controversy about the relationship of the speech of Blacks to that of Whites, the distinctive features in the speaking and writing of Black college students, and the attitudes of Black educators. Available from South Atlantic Modern Language…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Community, Black Dialects, Distinctive Features (Language)
Peer reviewedRoberts, Julie – Journal of Child Language, 1997
Examined the pattern of deletion of final "/t/" and "/d/" in word final consonant clusters in 3- and 4-year-old children (n=16) and their degree of mastery of phonological and grammatical constraints. Results indicate that children as young as three had mastered the phonological constraints on (-t, d) deletion and that the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Consonants, Developmental Stages, Distinctive Features (Language)
Peer reviewedCohen, Rosalie; And Others – Sociological Quarterly, 1968
Analysis of approximately 5,000 words and phrases of the "hard core poor" is the basis of an attempt to develop a taxonomy of their language usage. The authors examine the problem of culture differences from mainstream society. "This approach assumes that basic beliefs about relevant social reality will be reflected in a group's choice of rules…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Acculturation, Classification, Cultural Background
Siegel, Florence – 1973
An exploration of issues in language diversity addressing the nature of dialect, features of the dialect, features of black English Vernacular (BEV), linguistic phenomena in the black urban community, theories of the origins of BEV, and its social, economic, and political ramifications suggest that BEV, like other dialects, meets the needs of its…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Distinctive Features (Language), Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Download full textWolfram, Walt; Christian, Donna – 1976
This description of Appalachian speech, derived from one part of the final report of a research project on Appalachian Dialects, is intended as a reference work for educators, particularly reading specialists, English teachers, language arts specialists, and speech pathologists. Chapters deal with the following main topics: (1) a sociolinguistic…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies
