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Language in the Inner City

Paperback • 1973 • English

Language in the Inner City

By William Labov

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With the recent controversy in the Oakland, California school district about Ebonics-or as it is referred to in sociolinguistic circles, African American Vernacular English or Black English Vernacular-much attention has been paid to the patterns of speech prevalent among African Americans in the inner city.In January 1997, at the height of the Ebonics debate, author and prominent sociolinguist William Labov testified before a Senate subcommittee that for most inner city African American children...Show more

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9780812210514

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published year

1973

Language

English

Original title

Language in the Inner City

Format

Paperback

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