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An Investigation of the Standard-Nonstandard Dimension of Central Texan English. Part of the Final Report.
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Stolz, Walter; Bills, Garland – 1968
The speech of 23 people in a rural Texas community was studied. The population of the area was over 90 percent white Anglo-Protestant. The subjects varied from illiterate to college educated and ranged in age from 17 to 60 years. Seventeen dialect features were chosen as illustrative of the variations in the use of linguistic forms for people of…
Descriptors: Adults, Correlation, Distinctive Features (Language), Educational Background