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Peer reviewedBailey, Guy; Maynor, Natalie – Language in Society, 1987
A review of recent language research regarding the black English vernacular (BEV) considers new developments involving (1) the grammars of elderly and young speakers; (2) indications that BEV is not decreolizing but is actually diverging from white speech; and (3) the effect of contemporary developments on differences between black and white…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Dialects, Children, Creoles
