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ERIC Number: EJ730001
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 21
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9924
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It Is Not Just the Poor Kids: The Use of AAE Forms by African-American School-Aged Children from Middle SES Communities
Horton-Ikard, RaMonda; Miller, Jon F.
Journal of Communication Disorders, v37 n6 p467-487 Nov-Dec 2004
This study examined the production of African-American English (AAE) forms produced by 69 school-aged African-American children from middle socio-economic status (SES) communities to determine if age would influence: (a) the number of different types of AAE tokens and (b) the rate of dialect. Descriptive data revealed that there were more than 20 AAE morpho-syntactic forms collectively used by the children. The findings also indicated that factors of age, gender, and sampling context interacted in a variety of ways to influence these children's production of the number of different types of AAE tokens, and the rate of dialect. Learning outcomes: Readers should have (1) an increased awareness about the use of AAE forms in school-age children from middle SES homes; (2) a greater understanding of how the production of AAE might be influenced by age, gender, and sampling context.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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