Understanding the relationship between language change and variation has progressed
considerably over the last several decades, but less is known about how speakers at …

Looking for an easy-to-use, practical guide to conducting fieldwork in sociolinguistics? This
invaluable textbook will give you the skills and knowledge required for carrying out research …

The purpose of this study was to investigate White early childhood educators' beliefs about
the effects of children's use of African American English (AAE) on children's academic …

Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major
language-related issues that educational practitioners confront, such as responding to …

This article explores the degree and kind of lability that occurs throughout the life span of the
individual during ongoing rapid change in the quotative system. Two comparative analyses …

This study analyzes relative accommodation of African American English (AAE) usage in
peer interactions for 201 African American adolescent dyads at Grades 6, 8, and 10. A …

The mechanisms underlying linguistic change are well documented for adolescent and adult
speech, but much less is known about how such change emerges in the childhood years. In …

This chapter considers the aspects of longitudinal studies by examining the dynamic status
of African American Language (AAL), a variety that has been subjected to a full range of …

While sociolinguistics outreach projects have been created with native-English-speaking
students in mind (Reaser, 2006; Sweetland, 2006; Wheeler & Swords, 2006), a language …

While sociolinguistics outreach projects have been created with native-English-speaking
students in mind (Reaser, 2006; Sweetland, 2006; Wheeler & Swords, 2006), a language …