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Peer reviewedSpeicher, Barbara L.; McMahon, Seane M. – Language in Society, 1992
Sixteen African Americans affiliated with a university reported on their experiential, attitudinal, and descriptive responses to Black English Vernacular (BEV). Three issues emerged: BEV as a label, the possibility that BEV was socially constructed, and the perception that BEV is a limited linguistic system. Interview questions are appended. (44…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Stereotypes, Blacks, Code Switching (Language)
