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Standard English as a Second Dialect?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Extract

Many youngsters grow up across the United States using ‘Nonstandard English’. How can the educational system help them and their families come to terms with the standard language without doing social damage in the name of educational necessity?

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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