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Mays, Luberta F. – 1977
In this study, two hypotheses are examined: (1) There is a positive correlation between the incidence of dialect speech of black second graders and their perception that dialect speech is "bad." (2) Use of dialect speech does not interfere with the speaker's ability to identify words in traditional orthography. The study established language…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Decoding (Reading), Dialect Studies
