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Shuy, Roger W. – 1970
As the field of sociolinguistics has emerged, its terminology, which like many other emerging disciplines contains many neologisms and new usages, has sometimes been called insensitive. This reaction may interfere with serious examination of the field's content. Areas of disagreement or dispute include terms used for the speech of black…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Definitions, English, Language Research
Evans, Adeline L.; King, Thomas R. – 1981
A study investigated the speaking styles of black college students to determine whether selected stylistic features of speeches of students at a predominantly black university were different from those of black college students at a predominantly white university. Audiotapes were made of 25 students at the predominantly black university and 21…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, College Students, Communication Research