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Download full textWolfram, Walt – 1992
A construction occurring in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is examined: NPi "call" NPi V"-ing", as in "the woman call herself working." First, a number of reasons that such a form might be overlooked or dismissed as an AAVE dialect form are outlined. Then the sociolinguistic method is applied to the…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialects, Grammar, Language Patterns
Williams, Ronald; Wolfram, Walt – 1974
The characteristics of several nonstandard dialects of American English are presented in this paper in the form of an inventory of features. It has been compiled with the recognition that nonstandard dialects are governed by pronunciation and grammatical rules and that within the broad category of nonstandard dialects, regional and ethnic…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialects, Distinctive Features (Language), English
Wolfram, Walt – 1992
A discussion of the role of sociolinguistics in the treatment of communication disorders focuses on issues related to dialect and language variation. It begins with an examination of linguistic diversity and dynamic description of language, reporting on a study of speech and language pathologists' judgments of sentences in African American…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Communication Disorders, Cultural Awareness, Dialects
