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Important Articles written by Experts on American Dialect Speakers
"Ebonics in My Backyard," by John R. Rickford
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The Ebonics controversy in my backyard: A sociolinguist's
experiences and reflections
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"Using the Vernacular to Teach the Standard," "Suite for Ebony and
Phonics," "The Creole Origins of AAVE: Evidence from copula absence"
and "Dialect Readers Revisited." by John R. Rickford
CNN reports on Ebonics:
Dec. 24, 1996
, Education secretary: No federal funds for 'black English'
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Education Secretary Richard Riley repeated the
government's position Tuesday that black English, or Ebonics, is not a
distinct language from standard English and is ineligible for federal
bilingual funding.
Dec. 22, 1996
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Dec. 19, 1996
Talking the Talk : A Discussion of AAVE from 1994
Teaching About Dialects
- Kirk Hazen, West Virginia University
The study of dialects offers a fascinating approach to learning about
language. Ideally, by learning about how language varies
geographically and socially, students will come to understand at least
two basic facts about language: 1) that language changes over time,
and 2) that language use is linked to social identity.
RESOURCES
ERIC/CLL LANGUAGE LINK
- An Online Newsletter From the
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics
Thematic Reading Curriculum - Find out what this is and how to use it to teach reading in the k - 8 classroom.
Mary Newton Bruder, aka the Grammar Lady runs a free grammar hot line (800-279-9708 ) has a doctoral degree in linguistics, and she's written books, scholarly articles and newspaper columns on the English language. http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/News/200110073/
Chronicling America , America's historic newspapers. Search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present .