The Comparative Ease of Processing Standard English and Black Nonstandard English by Lower-Class Black Children.

Copple, Carol E.; Suci, George J.

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Publication Date: 1974

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The Comparative Ease of Processing Standard English and Black Nonstandard English by Lower-Class Black Children

Copple, Carol E.; Suci, George J.

Child Development, 45, 4, 1048-1053, Dec 74

Assessed the speed with which children who were speakers of black nonstandard English responded appropriately to sentences presented in their dialect as compared to standard English. Also investigated two grammatical features that differ in standard and nonstandard dialect. Subjects were 96, 5- and 7-year-olds. (Author/SDH)

Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Dialect Studies, Elementary School Students, Language Ability, Nonstandard Dialects, Pictorial Stimuli, Preschool Children, Standard Spoken Usage, Verbal Stimuli

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