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Publication details [#29270]

Smitherman, Geneva. 1992. African Americans and "English only". Language Problems and Language Planning 16 (3) : 235–248.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language attitude | language status | minority language | official language

Language as a subject

English, American

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

0272-2690

Journal DOI

10.1075/lplp

Annotation

This paper examines the African American perspective on the 'English only ' movement through the lens of the Black leadership class, through public-opinion surveys and through an overview of the wider social benefits of the struggle around Black English Vernacular.