Publications

Publication details [#5847]

Labov, William. 1970. The logic of nonstandard English. In Williams, Frederick, ed. Language and poverty: Perspectives on a theme. Markham. pp. 153–189.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

grammaticality | logic | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Annotation

After introducing the notions of verbality, verbosity, grammaticality, and logic, L. asks: 'What's wrong with being wrong?'

Reprints

Labov, William. 1972. In Labov, William, ed. Language in the inner city: Studies in the black English vernacular. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 201–240.