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Craig, Holly K.; Kolenic, Giselle E.; Hensel, Stephanie L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this longitudinal study was twofold: to examine shifting from African American English (AAE) to mainstream American English (MAE) across the early elementary grades, when students are first exposed to formal instruction in reading; and to examine how metalinguistic and cognitive variables influenced the students' dialectal…
Descriptors: African American Students, Black Dialects, English, Standard Spoken Usage