Geographical diversity, residential segregation, and the vitality of African American Vernacular English and its speakers

Transforming Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-34

  Rickford, John R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Vernacular English (AAVE); Black White achievement gap; Geographic uniformity; Integration; Linguistic divergence; Reading achievement; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953283740     PISSN: 10510559     EISSN: 15487466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-7466.2010.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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