Investigates the role of accent in attributing guilt to persons accused of a crime. A 3x3 repeated-measures design required three groups to rate three accents (Received British Pronunciation, Broad Australian, Asian) on their probability of having committed a particular crime (embezzlement, damage to property, violence against a person). Results…

Reports the results of interviews with 20 high school students and four teachers that seem to indicate they have two responses to growing up in a society dominated by a standardized language: the significance of using standard English is either a matter of intelligibility or a matter of social suitability. (AEA)

Examines Australian Italian and some characteristics that distinguish it from standard Italian, and discusses the problem of which to teach in the schools. (EKN)

Examines the alleged role of the BBC in the selection, codification, propagation, and acceptance process of Educated Southern English in Britain. (EKN)

Submits that the interrelationship between dialect and identity is crucial to the strategy of teaching standard English, with particular reference to West Indian youth education. Further argues that ESL and ESD techniques differ on the psychological level, the latter requiring above all an enhancement of the learner's confidence in his culture.…

Hails the vitality of the French language in the Quebec region as it manifests itself through advertisements, from political slogans to storefront signs. Discusses the relationship between the language of the Quebecois and their culture, and offers an effective visual commentary through numerous illustrations. (MES)

Three groups of first grade children were identified with a screening modification of the Carrow Elicited Language Inventory: children who spoke standard English, children who spoke Black English vernacular, and children with true language pathology. Discussion of the results describes the identification of Black children with true pathological…

Three measures often used with handicapped children (the Berry-Talbott Comprehension of Grammar, the Grammatic Closure subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, and the Grammatic Completion subtest of the Test of Language Development) are discussed in terms of test reliability, scoring procedures, format, and types of scores.…

Criticizes attitudes toward the francophone world in French-language textbooks published in North America and suggests corrective measures. Specifically denounces deprecation of local languages and varieties of French, stereotyped portrayals of people, and the assumption that francophone nations are dependent on France for culture and education.…

An overview of Black dialects, with suggestions for teaching students who speak in Black dialects. (RL)

Analyses the meaning of the English word "lift" as used by French Canadians and shows that there is no universally acceptable French equivalent for this anglicism. Recommends that translators do not rely exclusively on one-to-one lexical equivalences but resort to contextual periphrastic devices when necessary. (MES)

Argues that books written in Black English should be used as supplementary materials in a classroom reading program; lists 22 such books and provides a plot synopsis for each book, information about estimated readability and interest levels, and language samples. (ET)

Describes the procedures followed in obtaining samples of spoken French in five different dialectal areas of the Vaud Canton. Analyses these samples for certain vocalic and consonantal features and classifies the data along a rigidity-flexibility scale correlated with individual hesitation and group fluctuation. (MES)