Publications

Publication details [#53530]

Wolfram, Walt and Janneke Van Hofwegen. 2010. Coming of age in African American English: A longitudinal study. Journal of Sociolinguistics 14 (4) : 427–455.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | language use | language variety | mother-child conversation

Language as a subject

English, African American

Place, Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/josl

Annotation

This study explores developmental trajectories in the usage of African American English (AAE) for a sample of 32 speakers throughout the first 17 years of their lives. Results reveal a significant correlation between mothers' and children's usage of AAE as well as significant differences according to age/grade.