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Peer reviewedBotan, Carl; Smitherman, Geneva – Journal of Black Studies, 1991
This study of lexical familiarity with black English for 324 African Americans, 266 whites, 21 Latino and "other", and 10 unidentified workers indicates that white industrial workers are more familiar with black English than are white white-collar workers. Black English is the core of an industrial lingua franca. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Black Influences, Blacks
