Implications of Semantic Category Research for the Language Assessment of Nonstandard Speakers.

Stockman, Ida J.; Vaughn-Cooke, Fay Boyd

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ERIC Number: EJ342619

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Implications of Semantic Category Research for the Language Assessment of Nonstandard Speakers.

Stockman, Ida J.; Vaughn-Cooke, Fay Boyd

Topics in Language Disorders, v6 n4 p15-25 Sep 1986

A comparative analysis of four studies that emphasized linguistic similarities (rather than differences) between nonstandard speakers and other groups focused on developmental characteristics of the semantic categories encoded by nonstandard speakers compared with other speakers. Implications for language assessment are discussed. (JW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Styles, Language Variation, Nonstandard Dialects, Semantics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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