Languages and speakers: An introduction to African American English and Native American languages

Transforming Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-14

  Spears, Arthur K ^a   Hinton, Leanne ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American English; Inequality; Language endangerment; Native American languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953278847     PISSN: 10510559     EISSN: 15487466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-7466.2010.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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