Publications

Publication details [#42218]

Garner, T. and D.L. Rubin. 1986. Middle class blacks' perceptions of dialect and style shifting: the case of southern attorneys. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 5 (1) : 33–52.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

black | dialect1 | identity negotiation | language and culture | style

Language as a subject

English, American | English, Black

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This study examines the attitudes of some Black English speaking professionals towards Black English, Standard English and cultural identity. It is argued that these people are able to learn Standard English without losing their own cultural identity.