Unendangered dialect, endangered people: The case of African American Vernacular English

Transforming Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-27

  Labov, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Vernacular English (AAVE); Dialect divergence; Education; Language endangerment; Literacy; Race racism; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953268837     PISSN: 10510559     EISSN: 15487466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-7466.2010.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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