English in Black and White |
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What is the problem? 14 | 1 |
How do dialects vary? | 4 |
How is it pronounced? | 29 |
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African languages ain't attitudes auxiliary basic rule become bidialectalism black Americans black children black community black English black slang black speakers black speech chapter child colloquial complex contrast variability Cool World correct Creole creolization dialects differ dialects of English difficulty diphthong distinct English speakers examples feel final consonants flip-flop forms of English ghetto give grammar guage homophones imagine inner city Labov language deprivation learn to read linguistic lost lower class children means MICHIGAN middle class multiple negation negative nonstandard dialect nonstandard English nonstandard speakers northern omit patterns pidgin plural prestige problems pronounce pronunciation rhyme right-copy rule right-shift rule sentences simply social social class sometimes sound variability southern speak standard English spelling spoken standard English standard speakers stigmatized suffix talk teacher tense third person singular understand UNIV usually varied verb vocabulary vowel wh questions white speakers word variability write