Isolation within Isolation: A Solitary Century of African-American Vernacular English.

Wolfram, Walt; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ546051

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Publication Date: 1997

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Isolation within Isolation: A Solitary Century of African-American Vernacular English.

Wolfram, Walt; And Others

Journal of Sociolinguistics, v1 n1 p7-38 Feb 1997

Examines the nature of language diversity in the small, isolated community of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, where a lone African American family has resided for over 130 years. (57 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Context Effect, Cultural Isolation, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Language Variation, Morphology (Languages), North American English, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Syntax

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina

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