Publications
Publication details [#13321]
Temple Adger, Carolyn and Walt Wolfram. 2000. Demythologizing the Home-School Language Dichotomy: Sociolinguistic Reality and Instructional Practice. In Peyton, Joy Kreeft, Peg Griffin, Walt Wolfram and Ralph W. Fasold. Language in Action. New Studies of Language in Society. Essays in Honor of Roger W. Shuy. Hampton Press. pp. 391–407.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
Sociolinguistic issues regarding the education of minority speakers of English dialects are addressed. It is shown that the home-school language dichotomy does not accurately reflect dialect distribution.