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Download full textBobson, Sarah, Comp. – 1974
The focus of this bibliography is on the use of variations of Standard English--often called "Nonstandard Dialects"--both in and out of the classroom. Black English, often thought to be synonymous with "nonstandard dialect" because of recent attention called to it, is the best known of the nonstandard dialects, although there are various regional…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Dialects, Classroom Communication, Communication Problems
LABOV, WILLIAM – 1967
IN CONNECTION WITH RESEARCH INTO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STANDARD ENGLISH AND THE NONSTANDARD DIALECTS OF THE URBAN GHETTOS, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE RELATIVE DEPTH OR ABSTRACTNESS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS GRAMMATICAL RULES. IN MEMORY OR "SHADOW" TESTS, GROUPS OF NEGRO BOYS FROM 10 TO 14 YEARS OLD WERE HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Culture, Black Dialects, Black Education
Labov, William; And Others – 1968
Volume I of this report (AL 001 821) is a general description of the project, background and related research, the methods employed, and a linguistic analysis of the structural differences in grammar and phonology between non-standard Negro English (NNE) and Standard English (SE). Volume II is directed to a wider range of readers and deals with…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Black Attitudes, Black Culture, Black Dialects
