Decreolization?.

Bailey, Guy; Maynor, Natalie

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Publication Date: 1987

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Decreolization?

Bailey, Guy; Maynor, Natalie

Language in Society, v16 n4 p449-73 Dec 1987

A review of recent language research regarding the black English vernacular (BEV) considers new developments involving (1) the grammars of elderly and young speakers; (2) indications that BEV is not decreolizing but is actually diverging from white speech; and (3) the effect of contemporary developments on differences between black and white speech.(Author/CB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Dialects, Children, Creoles, Dialect Studies, English, Grammar, Language Variation, Older Adults, Oral Language, Social Dialects, Sociolinguistics, Standard Spoken Usage, Verbs

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Language: English

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