Grammatical Responses of Negro and Caucasian Second Graders as a Function of Standard and Nonstandard English Presentation.

Marwit, Samuel J.; Marwit, Karen L.

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ERIC Number: EJ088740

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Publication Date: 1973

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Grammatical Responses of Negro and Caucasian Second Graders as a Function of Standard and Nonstandard English Presentation

Marwit, Samuel J.; Marwit, Karen L.

Journal of Educational Psychology, 65, 2, 187-91, Oct 73

Article investigated the hypothesis that Caucasian subjects supply significantly more standard English, and Negro subjects supply significantly more predictable nonstandard English endings to present, plural, possessive, and time extension words, and that differences are obtained regardless of the standard or nonstandard English mode of presentation. (Author/RK)

Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Elementary School Students, Grammar, Nonstandard Dialects, Sentences, Standard Spoken Usage, Student Reaction, Tables (Data), White Students

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