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Communication Development and Disorders in Multicultural Populations Readings and Related Materials

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association..  (1998).  Students and professionals who speak English with accents and nonstandard dialects: Issues and recommendations.  Position statement and technical report.  Asha, 40 (Suppl. 18), 28-31.

Bernstein, C., Nunnally, T., & Sabino, B.  (Eds.). (1997).  Language variety in the South revisited. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.  

Buck, M., Maynard, D., Seyried, D., & Garn-Nunn, P. G.  (1996, Fall).  Appalachian English speakers and naive listeners: Potential for cultural bias and communication interference.  Journal of the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, 36(1) 24- 33.

Craig, H.K., & Washington, J.A.  (1995).  African-American English and linguistic complexity in preschool discourse:  A second look.  Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 26, 87-93.

Dubois, S., & Horvath, B.  (1998).  Let’s tink about dat: Interdental fricatives in Cajun English.  Language Variation and Change, 10, 245- 261.

Dubois, S., & Horvath, B.  (1999).  From accent to marker in Cajun English: A study of dialect formation in process.  English World-Wide, 19, 161- 188.

Garn-Nunn, P.G., & Perkins, L.  (1999).  Appalachian English and standardized language testing:  Rationale and recommendations for test adaptation.  Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, 26, 150- 159.

Giles, H., Williams, A., Mackie, D. M., & Roselli, F.  (1995).  Reactions to Anglo- and Hispanic-American-accented speakers: Affect, identity, persuasion and the English-only controversy.  Language and Communication, 15, 107- 120.

Iglesias, A., & Goldstein, B.  (1998).  Language and dialectal variations.  In J. Bernthal, & N. Bankson (Eds.), Articulation and phonological disorders (4th ed.), (pp. 148- 171). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Isaacs, G.J.  (1996).  Persistence of non-standard dialect in school-age children.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 39(2), 434-441.

Linn, M.D.  (1998).  Handbook of dialects and language (2nd ed.). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Mackey, L. S., Finn, P., & Ingham, R. J.  (1997).  Effect of speech dialect on speech naturalness ratings: A systematic replication of Martin, Haroldson & Triden (1984).  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 40, 349- 360.

McGregor, K. K., Williams, D., Hearst, S., & Johnson, A. C.  (1997).  The use of contrastive analysis in distinguishing difference from disorder: A tutorial.  American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 6(3), 45- 56.

Mufwene, S. S., Rickford, J. R., Bailey, G., & Baugh, J.  (1998).  African-American English, structure, history and use. New York: Routledge.  

Mugglestone, L.  (1995).  "Talking proper":  The rise of accent as social symbol. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Myers-Scotton, C.  (1995).  Social motivations for codeswitching:  Evidence from Africa. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Oetting, J., Cantrell, J., & Horohov, J.  (1999).  A study of non specific language impairment (SLI) in the context of nonstandard dialect.  Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 13, 25- 44.

Oetting, J.B., & McDonald, J.L.  (2001).   Nonmainstream dialect use and Specific Language Impairment.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 207- 223.

Rickford, J.R.  (1997).  Unequal partnerships: Sociolinguistics and the African American speech community.  Language in Society, 26, 161-197.

Rickford, J.R., & Rickford, A.   (1995).  Dialect readers revisited.  Linguistics and Education, 7, 107-128.

Rodekohr, R.K., & Haynes, W.O.  (2001).  Differentiating dialect from disorder: A comparison of two processing tasks and a standardized language test.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 34, 255- 272.

Seymour, H. N., Bland-Stewart, L., & Green, L. J.   (1998).  Difference versus deficit in child African American English.  Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 29(2), 96-108. 

Washington, J.A., & Craig, H.K.   (1998).  Socioeconomic status and gender influences on children’s dialectal variations.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41(3), 618-626.

Wolfram, W.  (1995).  Reconsidering dialects in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), TESOL Matters, 5(2), 1, 22.

Wolfram, W., Adger, C.T., & Christian, D.  (1999).  Dialects in schools and communities. Mahwahm, NJ: Lawrence: Erlbaum Assopciates.

Wolfram, W., & Schilling-Estes, N.  (1997).  American English: Dialects and variation. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell.

Wright, R.L.  (1997, October).  Reflections on the Ebonics issues, with suggestions regarding professional misconduct.  2, 8-11.

Wyatt, T.  (1995).  Language development in African-American English child speech.  Linguistics and Education, 7(1), 7-22.

Wyatt, T.A.  (1997).  The Oakland Ebonics debate: Implications for speech, language, hearing professionals and scholars.  Newsletter of the ASHA Special Interest Division 1: Language Learning and Education, 4(2), 15-18.

 


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