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Download full textWolfram, Walt – 1969
There are two positions on the relationship of the speech of Blacks and whites, and they are quite opposed to one another. One position observes virtually no differences in the speech of Southern whites and Blacks and therefore assumes that the historical development can be traced to a British dialect. The other sees many significant differences…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Deep Structure, Dialect Studies
