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Peer reviewedGuilbert, Louis – Langue Francaise, 1976
Attempts to classify the differences between Quebec French and Standard French, and contrasts arguments in favor of integrating Quebec French with the Standard with arguments in favor of maintaining lexical separation. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/CLK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dictionaries, French
Diglossie au Quebec, limites et tendances actuelles (Diglossia in Quebec, Its Limits and Tendencies)
Peer reviewedChantefort, Pierre – Langue Francaise, 1976
This article shows that the language situation in Quebec cannot be characterized as a diglossic one (as defined by Ferguson) because of the links existing between Standard Canadian French and "joual." Due to political factors, Quebec is moving toward a mixed standard language. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/CLK)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, French, Language Role, Language Usage
Peer reviewedHill, Peter – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1977
This discussion of standard language and dialect is based on opinions and theories regarding Slavonic languages. A set of objective criteria is offered. Distinctions between language, standard language, dialect, glottolect and sociolect are made, and social and political conditions which give rise to them are discussed. References are included.…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language, Language Classification
Wolfram, Walter A. – Elem Engl, 1970
Reviews and evaluates documents processed prior to Fall 1969 by the Educational Resources Information Center pertinent to "the manner in which nonstandard dialects differ from standard English"; a preprint from a forthcoming pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Dialect Studies, Environmental Influences
Download full textJULDASEV, A.A. – 1964
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STANDARD NORM IN THE BASHKIR NATIONAL LANGUAGE BEGAN, ESSENTIALLY, AS LATE AS THE 1930'S AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE BASHKIR A.S.R. BEFORE THIS, THE BASHKIR LANGUAGE DID NOT HAVE A STANDARD LITERARY FORM. PROGRESSIVE BASHKIR EDUCATORS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES FOUGHT FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE…
Descriptors: Bashkir, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, History
Thibault, Pierrette – 1979
This volume contains twelve articles dealing with the French language as spoken in Quebec. The following topics are addressed: (1) language change and variation; (2) coordinating expressions in the French spoken in Montreal; (3) expressive language as source of language change; (4) the role of correction in conversation; (5) social change and…
Descriptors: Adults, Dialect Studies, French, Language Attitudes
PDF pending restorationGeerts, Guido; Deprez, Kas – 1975
Speakers of West Flemish dialect in switching to standard Netherlandic must choose between two sets of supra-regional lexical items: the Netherlandic and the non-Netherlandic alternative. A study was carried out in July and August 1974 to determine whether it can be stated that the supra-regional language is moving towards Netherlandic. Thirteen…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Language Attitudes, Language Standardization
Love, Theresa R. – 1973
The results of a project which investigated the speech of black respondents enrolled in the intermediate grades are described. From the data, materials and audio tapes were developed that could be used in helping preservice and inservice teachers identify morphological and syntactic features of black dialect. The concepts used in developing the…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Intermediate Grades, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedTerrell, Francis – Language and Speech, 1975
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Dialect Studies, English
Wolfram, Walt – Speech Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Language Research, Language Skills
Ratusnik, David L.; And Others – 1973
Two lower socioeconomic groups (one black and one white) from the inner city and a third group of white children from a middle socioeconomic suburban area of Chicago were studied to delineate and compare the usage of selected language structures among children of different social and ethnic backgrounds. Usage of each of the test structures was…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Brandes, Paul D.; Brewer, Jeutonne – 1977
The stated intent of this book is to "contribute to the development of more socially aware and more linguistically oriented classroom teachers and to provide these teachers with methods for implementing their new awareness." Four sections provide chapters that discuss various aspects of the phenomenon of dialect clash. A historical…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Peterson, Joseph; Thundyil, Zacharias – 1971
This questionnaire presents about 450 phonological, lexical, and grammatical items that are used in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In composing the dialect survey, terms pertaining to climate, topography, and ethnic groups were taken into account, as were other words and phrases which might be used by Upper Peninsula native speakers. The survey…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Research, Language Usage
Williams, Patricia Ann – 1975
Fifty residents of Houston, Texas, were surveyed to determine whether or not factors concerning their background affected their word choice, grammatical usage, and pronunciation. Each informant answered a questionnaire consisting of one page of background data and two pages of questions about his daily speech. In correlating the participants'…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Dialect Studies, Educational Background, Grammar
Bousquet, Robert J. – 1978
Many black students speak a nonprestige dialect called black English, which places them at a disadvantage academically and socially. This monograph describes the features of black English, defines its use, discusses several theories of its origin, and offers some methods for teaching black students standard spoken usage as another style of speech.…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics
