Troubles with Mr. Charley: The Un-Ordinary Language Philosophy of Some Standard English Apologists.

Wolk, Anthony

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Troubles with Mr. Charley: The Un-Ordinary Language Philosophy of Some Standard English Apologists

Wolk, Anthony

College English, 37, 2, 189-94, Oct 75

Nonsensical statements about the inferiority of non-standard English should be revealed as nonsense by linguistic analysis--there being no point in marshalling empirical evidence to refute meaningless propositions.

Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Black Dialects, Black Students, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Language, Linguistics, Logical Thinking, Nonstandard Dialects, Philosophy

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