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Download full textFasold, Ralph W. – 1999
Since the 1996 Oakland School Board decision regarding the use of Ebonics as a tool of instruction, opinions have clashed over whether Ebonics is a separate language or merely a dialect of English. Called Black Vernacular English (BVE) in the 1960s and 70s, African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in the 1980s and 90s, (called…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1986
Linguistics is the study of human language, and has several major divisions: formal linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and applied linguistics. Formal linguistics is the study of grammar, or the development of theories about how language works and is organized. Within formal linguistics there are three major schools of thought:…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Definitions, Information Sources, Language Research
