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Publication details [#35801]

DeBose, Charles E. 1992. Codeswitching: Black English and standard English in the African-American linguistic repertoire. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 13 (1/2) : 157–167.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | language status | language use | social status

Language as a subject

English, American | English, Black

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper deals with Black English-Standard English codeswitching in a balanced bilingual, middle class female informant. The considered evidence contradicts the claim that Black English is mainly used by poor, uneducated people.