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Developmental Trends for Features Contrastive between African American English and General American English

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dc.contributor.authorJackson, Janice E.
dc.contributor.authorPearson, Barbara Zurer
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.date2023-09-24T00:42:28.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T08:09:21Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T08:09:21Z
dc.date.issued2010-01-01
dc.description<p>This was never published. We think it would need to be streamlined to be a better article, but we find it to be a very useful summary. (Please disregard the journal name if possible....) The manuscript dates from 2010.</p>
dc.description.abstractPurpose: In order to provide developmental guidelines for predicted dialect differences, trends in the use of features contrastive between General American English (GAE) and African- American English (AAE) were explored in a representative, national sample. Method: Participants were 1130 AAE- and 194 GAE-speaking typically-developing children, ages 4 to 12. A core set of distinguishing developmental features were identified and used in a focused elicitation of contrastive items in obligatory contexts. Responses were analyzed for age-related changes and demographic influences. Results: Major findings include pervasive use of zero-marked forms and predicted substitutions in young typically-developing AAE speakers through age 6. After age 6 the pattern was reversed: levels of zero-marking were lower than overt-marking, but remained distinct from GAE levels of similar forms. Moreover, total absence of overt-marking after age 7 was a-typical. Increased use of overt-marking and other GAE-like forms was observed earlier for constructions like multiple negation and regular past tense /–ed/ than invariant subject-verb agreement (e.g., she run). Parent education and region, but not gender, were significant, but small factors influencing contrastive feature use. Conclusion: Expected contrastive feature shifts were distinguished from general language development and possible clinical indicators.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/553
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&amp;context=aae_delv&amp;unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectAfrican American English
dc.subjectdialect
dc.subjectdevelopmental
dc.subjectcontrastive features
dc.titleDevelopmental Trends for Features Contrastive between African American English and General American English
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digcom.contributor.authorJackson, Janice E.
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:zpearson@umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Pearson, Barbara Zurer
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