Phonological features of child African American English.
The production of phonological features of African American English (AAE) was examined for 64 typically developing African American children in the 2nd through the 5th grade. Students read aloud passages written in Standard American English. Sixty of the students read the passages using AAE, and 8 different phonological features were represented in their readings. Phonological features were more frequent than morphosyntactic features. The findings as a whole support use of the taxonomy developed for this investigation in characterizing the phonological features of child AAE.
Craig
Holly K
HK
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-2054, USA.
Thompson
Connie A
CA
Washington
Julie A
JA
Potter
Stephanie L
SL
D001741:Black or African American; D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics