The ebonics enigma: An analysis of attitudes on an urban college campus

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-263

  Barnes, Sandra L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; TEACHING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142126279     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1361332032000109628     Document Type: Article

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