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Peer reviewedLeap, William L. – International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 1974
This paper considers some aspects of sentence construction characteristic of the variety of English spoken at Isleta pueblo, an Indian community located fifteen miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. (CK)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Dialect Studies, English (Second Language)
Download full textLeap, William L. – 1975
Several focal points for southwestern American Indian English research are proposed. This variation is used on reservations or in urban Indian enclaves when the "Indianness" of the discussion or participants needs formal linguistic marking. One research goal is to demonstrate that tribal varieties of Indian English actually exist.…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Black Dialects, Dialect Studies
