Descriptor
| Cultural Differences | 1 |
| Discourse Analysis | 1 |
| Language Variation | 1 |
| Migrant Workers | 1 |
| Socioeconomic Influences | 1 |
| Sociolinguistics | 1 |
| Syntax | 1 |
Source
| Language in Society | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedWeigel, M. Margaret; Weigel, Ronald M. – Language in Society, 1985
Tests Ervin-Tripps's hypotheses concerning the relationship between several social and ecological factors and the choice of directive variants in English, using as a sample a predominantly Black male migratory agricultural labor population. Found that most of the predictions derived from Ervin-Tripp's model for these directive variants were…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis, Language Variation, Migrant Workers
