Query Details
| Query Subject: |
AAVE & lg acquisition
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| Author: | CRafal CRafal | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Applied Linguistics
Language Acquisition |
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| Subject Language(s): |
English
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| Query: |
Hello,
I am wondering if readers could recommend research on language acquisition by children who are coming up with African American Vernacular English as their first language. My question comes out of the following context. We are working with the Interstate New Teachers Assessment and Support Consortium to develop a test for beginning teachers, as one of three assessment components toward licensure (other parts include content area, and a teaching portfolio). One small item proposed for this test went basically as follows: ''A teacher notices that young children say ''went'' and then at a later time, say ''goed.'' What does this change in the use of these words display about how children learn language? How would you respond?'' Reviewers have raised a question as to whether this regularization can be considered a widespread phenomenon at all, and more specifically, whether it is limited to children acquiring Standard English (a question about AAVE was raised specifically). We are trying to be careful that the exam not reflect a biased, or culturally limited, single view of child development, and--to the extent possible (universals)--of language acquisition. I do not typically read the list anymore so if anyone has any relevant research or information, I will be very grateful if you could e-mail me directly at crafal@edc.org. I will send a summary of responses to list later. Many thanks, Christine Theberge Rafal 617/618-2766 Does anyone have any information on the source and history of the use of the term 'emphatic' in Semitic. My interest is not in how the term is used in various languages, but in why this particular word was used in English. Are there equivalents in Arabic, Hebrew, French, German? Thanks, Henry Rogers - Henry Rogers rogers@chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~rogers/ Dept. of Linguistics vox: (416-) 978-1769 University of Toronto fax: (416-) 971-2688 Toronto, Ont., M5S 3H1, Canada |
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| LL Issue: | 9.1446 | |
| Date posted: | 15-Oct-1998 | |
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