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Stubbs, Michael – 1976
The use of language in education is examined, and the ways in which recent research helps in the understanding of classroom language are explored. The relevance of such research to practicing teachers as well as to sociologists is also discussed. The volume is divided into nine chapters: (1) "Why Is Language Important in Education?"; (2)…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Dialects, Education
Barber, Elizabeth – 1977
The active/passive system of English grew out of a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) system where the fundamental distinction was between active and middle voices. The middle voice included within its functions the relationship that now would be known as passive. The PIE voice system is preserved in ancient Greek and Sanskrit, and in the former, the…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Communication (Thought Transfer), Diachronic Linguistics, English
Cronnell, Bruce, Ed. – 1981
The conference reported here addressed the differences in learning writing among students who do not speak standard American English. In "Introduction to Black English," Robert Berdan notes the variability of Black dialect. Maryellen Garcia discusses the range of language abilities inherent in "Spanish-English Bilingualism in the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingualism, Black Dialects, Blacks
Steffensen, Margaret S.; Colker, Larry – 1982
The effect of cultural background knowledge on comprehension and on the language of recall was investigated using an oral presentation. Fifteen Aboriginal women in northern Australia and 15 American women in an adult education class in Illinois were matched in age and educational level. Two stories were read aloud to the subjects, each based on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies
Cronnell, Bruce – 1981
This paper reviews how various nonstandard dialects of English may influence written products and how writing may be taught to speakers of such dialects. Sections of the literature review focus on the speech patterns of black English, of other English dialects, and of other languages, and on how these patterns manifest themselves in written…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns
Humes, Ann, Ed.; And Others – 1981
This volume focuses on papers presented by grantees supported by the National Institute of Education and the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education at a meeting held in September, 1980. Papers are grouped into the following sections: composing processes and development, writing assessment, writing instruction in context, the writing…
Descriptors: College English, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Sonntag, Selma K. – 1978
A dialect survey of the transition between two major Indo-Aryan languages in Nepal, Bhojpuri and Maithili, was conducted focusing on both the linguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of the various languages and dialects. The purpose of the study was to find out where and how this transition occurred between the pure Bhojpuri-speaking area and the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Dialect Studies, Language Attitudes, Language Classification
Barkin, Florence, Ed.; Brandt, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1980
Papers presented at the Southwest Area Language and Linguistics Workshop (SWALLOW) include both theoretical and practical contributions. First and second language acquisition was studied in terms of its effects on first language, its acquisition in a bilingual classroom, and its assessment. Native American student speeches were examined in terms…
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Ethnology
Fillmore, Patricia – 1979
This guide was written for use in conjunction with the videotape "Moving On," a studio discussion and documentary film. The film attempts to create an awareness of the adjustment problems experienced by high school students who have frequently moved within or between countries. The guide provides a springboard for thinking about and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Change Strategies, Differences
Charrow, Veda R.; Crandall, Jo Ann – 1978
The simplification of legal language is required by President Carter's Executive Order requiring "clear and simple English" in government regulations. A major problem in the simplification process is the absence of any adequate description or classification of legal language. This paper defines some specific features of legal language,…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Research, Language Standardization
Klann, Gisela – 1975
This is a study of linguistic variability among social levels in West Germany and of the problems associated with doing such an analysis. The data, ordered according to sex and social levels, were collected from young children retelling narratives heard on tapes. The report represents a comprehensive study of the children's syntactic performance…
Descriptors: Child Language, Generative Grammar, German, Grammar
Day, Richard R.; And Others – 1974
In view of the fact that the teaching of Standard English has high educational priority in American schools, and that its use as the medium of instruction makes it a vital skill for nonstandard speakers, the present paper reports on an investigation of the Standard English performance of young children from minority groups in which Standard…
Descriptors: American Indians, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Tests
Tripp, Rosemary; Behrens, Sophia – 1976
This annotated bibliography provides information concerning audiovisual aids available for use in teaching and teacher training in language variation. A variety of topics are covered, including regional dialect studies, language change, language acquisition, social dialects, and language in education. Each entry includes the name of the product,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Black Dialects, Child Language
Wentz, James; McClure, Erica F. – 1975
A three-year study of the linguistic and metalinguistic performance of forty Mexican-American children ranging in age from three to eleven years shows that it is useful to characterize the competence of the bilingual in terms of a unified system of rules, at least at one level of analysis. This paper explores some aspects of the grammatical…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis
Grace, George W. – 1975
The Pacific area is generally acknowledged to manifest great linguistic diversity. Such diversity is generally assumed to be dysfunctional, an obstacle to efficient functioning of society. Such diversity must, however, have its functions at least in the circumstances in which it arose. It is also generally assumed that such diversity is the result…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Dravidian Languages, Grammar
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