The Effects of Social Dialect on Auditory Sound Blending and Word Recognition.

Desberg, Peter; And Others

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Publication Date: 1979-Apr

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The Effects of Social Dialect on Auditory Sound Blending and Word Recognition.

Desberg, Peter; And Others

Contemporary Educational Psychology, v4 n2 p140-44 Apr 1979

Second-grade Black children who speak Black English (BE) were compared with Black and White age peers who speak Standard English (SE) on auditory sound blending and word recognition tasks presented in both BE and SE form. BE speakers were bidialectal and performed best on SE materials in a school situation. (Author/RD)

Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Black Dialects, Black Students, Code Switching (Language), Grade 2, Oral English, Primary Education, Pronunciation, Racial Differences, Standard Spoken Usage, Technical Reports, White Students, Word Recognition

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Language: English

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