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Direct linkArynn Simone Byrd – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research examined how linguistic differences between African American English (AAE) and Mainstream American English (MAE) impact how children process sentences and learn new information. The central hypothesis of this dissertation is that these linguistic differences adversely impact how AAE-speaking children use contrastive inflectional verb…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage, North American English, Sentences
Peer reviewedBerry, Jessica R.; Oetting, Janna B. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: We compared copula and auxiliary verb BE use by African American English-speaking children with and without a creole heritage, using Gullah/Geechee as the creole criterion, to determine if differences exist, the nature of the differences, and the impact of the differences on interpretations of ability. Method: Data came from 38 children,…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Verbs, African American Students, Preschool Children
Rivière, Andrew M.; Oetting, Janna B.; Roy, Joseph – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: Using data from children who spoke various nonmainstream dialects of English and who were classified as either children with specific language impairment (SLI) or typically developing (TD) children, we examined children's marking of infinitival TO by their dialect and clinical status. Method: The data came from 180 kindergartners (91…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Verbs, Motion, Classification
