Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 09, Number 2 (FALL, 1973)
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IS DEPRIVATION LINGUISTIC? Suggested Changes for Teacher Training Programs Concerned with Black English
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-10-01)A linguistic approach to Black English (BE), often called "difference theory," is preferable to its predecessors, but it cannot resolve many problems which exist for speakers of that dialect. Linguists disagree about the ... -
A PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIOLINGUISTICS
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Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 9, Number 2 (FALL, 1973): Front Matter
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SOME OBSERVATIONS ON SOCIOLINGUISTIC VARIATION AND AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-10-01)This paper attempts to make a case for the value of studying linguistic and social structures in the U.S. deaf community (and other communities) in a dynamic sociolinguistic framework by presenting a brief outline of the ... -
SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-10-01)Sociolinguistics and linguistic geography should be considered as complementary rather than mutually contradictory approaches to the phenomena of language variation. Linguistic geography is a branch of historical linguistics ... -
BLACK ENGLISH AND THE AMERICAN VALUE SYSTEM
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-10-01)The strategy of enlightened bi-dialectalism used by the schools in the United States to deal with the problem of Black English is a significant attempt at social engineering. This attempt is motivated by basic linguistic ... -
THE AMERICAN KOINE-ORIGIN, RISE, AND PLATEAU STAGE
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-10-01)The early dialect history of the British immigrants to the United States involved a leveling process, leading to the formation of a koine. Reports from British travelers in the eighteenth century indicate a "striking ... -
ON LANGUAGE USE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-10-01)The emerging field of sociolinguistics is a response to numerous roadblocks encountered in the more specific area of linguistics. One of the more important of these roadblocks occurred in attempts to provide a linguistic ... -
HISTORICAL, PROCEDURAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-10-01)A brief presentation is made concerning historical aspects of the development of sociol inguistics. Certain concepts and procedures used in data analysis are described and exemplified. And the application of sociolinguistics ... -
THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND LINGUISTIC PILGRIMAGE OF YIDDISH (SOME EXAMPLES OF FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL PIDGINIZATION AND DEPIDGINIZATION)
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-10-01)The second in a series of case studies of societies in which the mother tongue is merely the process language but not target language of education. This paper reviews the changes in Yiddish orthography which have paralleled ...