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Peer reviewedWashington, Julie A.; Craig, Holly K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1998
This study compared dialect use by African-American children (30 male and 36 female 5- and 6-year olds) differing in socioeconomic status (SES). Findings indicated systematic differences related to SES and gender in the frequencies but not in the forms of dialect used. Children from lower-income homes and boys were more marked dialect users than…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Language Acquisition, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedWashington, Julie A.; Craig, Holly K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1992
This study compared the responses of 28 Detroit (Michigan) low income African-American preschoolers who were speakers of Black English (BE) on the Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale, using a standard English and a BE scoring procedure. Findings indicated that this test does not require a BE scoring adjustment for northern BE speakers.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Black Dialects, Black Youth, Culture Fair Tests
Peer reviewedWashington, Julie A.; Craig, Holly K.; Kushmaul, Amy J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1998
This study compared the effect of two language sampling elicitation contexts, free play and picture descriptions, on variability in the use of African American English (AAE) with 65 normally developing African American children (ages 4 to 6) from lower socioeconomic status homes. Picture descriptions elicited more AAE usage overall, a larger set…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth
