African American language : language development from infancy to adulthood / Mary Kohn, Walt Wolfram, Charlie Farrington, Jennifer Renn, Janneke Van Hofwegen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kohn, Mary Elizabeth, author.

Wolfram, Walt, 1941- author.

Farrington, Charlie, author.

Renn, Jennifer, author.

Van Hofwegen, Janneke, author.

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American children--Language--Longitudinal studies.

African American children.

English language--Dialects--United States--Longitudinal studies.

English language.

English language--Variation--United States--Longitudinal studies.

English language--Variation.

English language--Dialects.

African American children--Language.

United States.

Genre:

Longitudinal studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Figures - Tables - Preface - Abbreviations - 1. Coming of age in African American language - 2. The analysis of sociolinguistic change over the lifespan - 3. Profiles of change - 4. Vowel variation across time and space - 5. Caretaker's influence on vernacularity - 6. The influence of peers on the use of African American language - 7. Stylistic variation in the early AAL lifespan - 8. The relationship of African American language and early literacy skills - 9. A longitudinal study in retrospect - Appendix: AAL feature code key - Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kohn, Mary Elizabeth. African American language.

ISBN:

9781108869607

1108869602

Publisher Number:

99988681535

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.