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Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research Vol.41 618-626 June 1998.
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Socioeconomic Status and Gender Influences on Children's Dialectal Variations

Julie A. Washington 1
Holly K. Craig 1
1 University of Michigan Ann Arbor

julieaw{at}umich.edu

This investigation compares dialect use by African American children differing in socioeconomic status (SES) and gender. Subjects were 5- and 6-year-old boys (n = 30) and girls (n = 36), who were kindergartners attending schools in the Metropolitan Detroit area. Comparisons of the amount of dialect in the children's spontaneous discourse revealed systematic differences relative to SES and gender in the frequencies but not the forms of dialect in use. Children from lower-income homes, and boys, were more marked dialect users than their middle-class peers or girls. The sociolinguistic implications of the findings are discussed.

KEY WORDS: African American English, socioeconomic status, gender differences, children

Submitted on December 10, 1996
Accepted on September 20, 1997


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