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Download full textFolb, Edith A. – 1972
A current vocabulary of argot terms and meanings was collected from a Black male control group in the South Central Los Angeles ghetto. This lexicon was used to elicit and compare responses from 5 male groups of youths between 15 and 20 years old. Two of the groups consisted of lower class blacks separated geographically. The other groups were…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Comparative Analysis, Dialect Studies, Disadvantaged Youth
