Variable production of African American English across oracy and literacy contexts

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-282

  Thompson, Connie A ^a   Craig, Holly K ^a   Washington, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Dialect density; Dialect shifting; Elementary grade students; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242739307     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2004/025)     Document Type: Article

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