It is not just the poor kids: The use of AAE forms by African-American school-aged children from middle SES communities

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 467-487

  Horton Ikard, Ramonda ^a   Miller, Jon F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

African American English; Middle SES; School age children

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NARRATION; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4344665109     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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