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Peer reviewedGrimshaw, Allen D. – Social Problems, 1979
The language which is spoken and abilities in its social use are critical individual attributes in association with access to life chances. Sociolinguistic variables have been neglected by sociologists and language related social problems are neither recognized nor understood. (Author/RLV)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Dialects, Disadvantaged, Language Ability
Peer reviewedFeldman, Carol Fleisher; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1977
Some data dispute the common assumption of linguists that speakers of nonstandard varieties of English lack functional command of Standard English. Hawaiian high school students were found equally competent in Standard and Hawaiian English. Implications of this finding for educational practices in Hawaii are discussed. (CHK)
Descriptors: Creoles, Dialects, Language Ability, Language of Instruction
