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Description:
The American Dialect Society, the
American Name Society, the North American Association for the History of the Language
Sciences, and the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics will meet concurrently with the
LSA.
The role of vernacular dialects in reading drew increased attention from educators and linguists during the national Ebonics debate. Following on a Senate hearing on Ebonics and education, Congress funded a special project to investigate the relationship among African American language and culture, and literacy acquisition and development. Organized by the LSA Language in the School Curriculum Committee and the Center for Applied Linguistics, this parasession will bring together linguists working on that project and others whose work places the project in social and historical context.
Date received: December 07, 2000
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