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ERIC Number: EJ437064
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9347
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Black English in the Integrated Workplace.
Botan, Carl; Smitherman, Geneva
Journal of Black Studies, v22 n2 p168-85 Dec 1991
This study of lexical familiarity with black English for 324 African Americans, 266 whites, 21 Latino and "other", and 10 unidentified workers indicates that white industrial workers are more familiar with black English than are white white-collar workers. Black English is the core of an industrial lingua franca. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Black Influences, Blacks, Blue Collar Occupations, Employees, Hispanic Americans, Industrial Personnel, Language Role, Racial Integration, Social Dialects, Sociolinguistics, Urban Language, White Collar Occupations, Whites, Work Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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