TY  - BOOK
AU  - Labov,William
TI  - Language in the inner city: studies in the Black English vernacular
SN  - 0812276582
AV  - PE3102.N4 L3
U1  - 427.973 
PY  - 1972///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Black English
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Languages
KW  - Multicultural education
KW  - United States
KW  - Urban dialects
KW  - Americanisms
N1  - Bibliography: p. 397-405; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; Introduction --; Pt. I; The Structure of the Black English Vernacular --; 1; Some Sources of Reading Problems for Speakers of the Black English Vernacular --; 2; Is the Black English Vernacular a Separate System? --; 3; Contraction, Deletion, and Inherent Variability of the English Copula --; 4; Negative Attraction and Negative Concord --; Pt. II; The Vernacular in Its Social Setting --; 5; The Logic of Nonstandard English --; 6; The Relation of Reading Failure to Peer-Group Status --; 7; The Linguistic Consequences of Being a Lame --; Pt. III; The Uses of the Black English Vernacular --; 8; Rules for Ritual Insults --; 9; The Transformation of Experience in Narrative Syntax --; Bibliography --; Index
ER  -