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Peer reviewedHuspek, Michael R. – Language in Society, 1986
Suggests an alternative approach to the variable rule method of accounting for linguistic variability. This alternative approach, which is sensitive to social context and the relevance of meaning, is used to support an analysis of "-ing/in'" variability in some North American industrial workers' speech. (SED)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Dialect Studies, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography
Peer reviewedMorrow, Daniel Hibbs – Research in the Teaching of English, 1985
Examines flaws in the literature of dialect interference, examines the seven correlates of Patrick Hartwell's print code hypothesis and finds them wanting or uninstructive, and sets forth suggestions for a more sophisticated study of this issue. (HOD)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language)
Peer reviewedBayles, Kathryn A.; Harris, Gail A. – Journal of American Indian Education, 1982
As part of a training program for Native Americans in speech and hearing sciences, University of Arizona speech-language pathologists conducted speech-language screenings of 583 Papago Indian Reservation children. This report presents screening results, describes patterns of English usage among this population and discusses the differentiation of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Audiology, Dialect Studies
Peer reviewedBayley, Robert – Language Variation and Change, 1994
Examines the process of consonant cluster reduction in the English of residents of a San Antonio, Texas, "barrio." The author compares Tejano patterns of "/-t,d/" deletion with the pan-English pattern. Results suggest a pattern of convergence and divergence. The study shows that Mexican American English exhibits regional and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Consonants, Data Collection, Dialect Studies
Peer reviewedJoseph, Brian D.; Wallace, Rex E. – Language Variation and Change, 1992
Social implications of phonological and morphological variation in Classical Latin is examined. Arguments for the social factor are instances of hypercorrection, private and domestic instances of certain datives and Augustus' use of rural "domos" for "domus." It is understood in terms of the model of urbanization. (35…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Dialect Studies, Foreign Countries, Language Research
Peer reviewedKubota, Ryuko; Ward, Lori – English Journal, 2000
Presents the rationale and basic concepts for teaching about World Englishes. Describes a sample instructional unit based on the pilot project the authors conducted in a public high school in North Carolina, in which they provided instruction in linguistic diversity once a week for seven weeks. Includes activities and resources for these seven…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Dialect Studies
Peer reviewedWilliamson, John; Hardman, Frank – Educational Studies, 1997
Explores the implications of requirements in England's National Curriculum for English to develop students' ability to write standard English. Examines the use of nonstandard dialect grammar in students' writing. Finds that similar dialectical constructs are used in four regions and that they are used more frequently in speech than in writing.…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education
TRANEL, 1982
This issue contains proceedings of a colloquium on linguistics at the University of Neuchatel: (1) "Propositions epistemologiques pour une etude du bilinguisme (Epistemological Propositions for a Study of Bilingualism)," by B. Py; (2) "Comment on di ca? Prolegomenes a une etude de la composante semantique du langage des migrants (How Do You Say…
Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, Children, Dialect Studies
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
Ambrose, John – 1980
The present study is an experiment to investigate the effect which the availability of detailed information on aspects of language distribution may have upon the understanding of processes contributing to language shift. It is an attempt to remedy the deficiencies of official census statistics by an experimental field investigation. Two sections…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cartography, Census Figures, Dialect Studies
Redard, Francoise, Ed.; And Others – Bulletin CILA, 1981
These papers on the subject of the Swiss German language examine the status and attitudes of the Swiss German speaker, the reaction of other linguistic communities to Swiss German, and the necessity and/or possibility of learning Swiss German. The following articles are included: (1) "Le 'Schwyzertutsch': ecran ou lien? (Is Swiss German a…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Dialect Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, German
STEWART, WILLIAM A. – 1968
IN AN EARLIER ARTICLE (ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE FLORIDA FOREIGN LANGUAGE REPORTER) THE AUTHOR CITED EVIDENCE FOR BELIEF THAT THE NEGRO FIELD SLAVES "SPOKE A VARIETY OF ENGLISH WHICH WAS IN FACT A TRUE CREOLE LANGUAGE" AND THAT STRUCTURAL TRACES OF THIS CREOLE PREDECESSOR MAY BE HEARD TODAY IN THE NONSTANDARD ENGLISH SPEECH PATTERNS OF AMERICAN…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black History, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics
Redden, James E., Ed. – 1976
The papers in this volume represent revised versions of presentations made at the First Workshop on Yuman Languages held at the University of California, San Diego, June 17-21, 1975. The focus was on the area of syntax, where the least amount of published information had previously been available. Papers presented were: "Syntactic Diversity…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Case (Grammar), Componential Analysis, Dialect Studies
PDF pending restorationAfendras, Evangelos A. – 1969
Language contact and the resulting interference has long been diagnosed as one of the primary forces behind language change. In cases of multilingual contact within geographically restricted areas, converging changes of the languages in contact have been uncovered and described. The geographic areas characterized by such linguistic situations came…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Ethnology
Shuy, Roger W. – Elementary English, 1968
Many English language arts teachers consider the nonstandard English of their students as being "slovenly or nonverbal or inexact or lazy." These same teachers often have been trained in the "false assumptions of a single universally accepted norm of English." These positions, the author states, are both fallacious and…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, English Instruction, Field Interviews, Inner City
