The Training of the Man of Words in Talking Sweet.

Abrahams, Roger D.

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ERIC Number: EJ059247

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Publication Date: 1972

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The Training of the Man of Words in Talking Sweet

Abrahams, Roger D.

Language in Society, 1, 1, 15-29, Apr 72

Explores how a speech variety close to oratorical standard English is learned in one Afro-American peasant community in the West Indies. Material gathered during two field trips, one supported by a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship and the other by a National Institute of Mental Health grant. (VM)

Descriptors: Black Community, Black Dialects, Creoles, Diglossia, Language Styles, Nonstandard Dialects, Social Dialects, Social Influences, Standard Spoken Usage, Teaching Methods

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