Some Observations Concerning Black Children's Conversations.

Light, Richard L.

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ERIC Number: EJ047625

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Publication Date: 1971

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Some Observations Concerning Black Children's Conversations

Light, Richard L.

English Record, 21, 4, 155-162, 163-167, Apr 71

Analyzes fourteen conversations generated by five black children, ages six to eleven, from a lower socioeconomic group in Washington, D. C., which were recorded and transcribed in various settings involving adults of different races as interviewers. (JM)

Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Socioeconomic Status, Speech Communication, Urban Language, Verbal Communication

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