Schoolchildren as Sociolinguistic Researchers.

Chesire, Jenny; Edwards, Viv

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ERIC Number: EJ450143

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Publication Date: 1991

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Schoolchildren as Sociolinguistic Researchers.

Chesire, Jenny; Edwards, Viv

Linguistics and Education, v3 n3 p225-49 1991

Discusses a recent British project that aimed to incorporate sociolinguistic research into classroom procedures. One of the goals of the project was to enlist teachers and their students as researchers, to obtain systematic information on local dialect grammar. (39 references) (VWL)

Descriptors: Classroom Research, Community Programs, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Variation, Questionnaires, Regional Dialects, Research Projects, Sociolinguistics, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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