Toward a National Public Policy on Language / Geneva Smitherman.

Speech, language, and composition professionals should take a leadership role in working toward a national public policy on language. The declining rates of literacy and educational achievement in AfroAmerican communities serve as evidence that such a policy is needed. However, the policy would gove...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smitherman, Geneva, 1940-
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986.
Subjects:
Black Dialects.
Elementary Secondary Education.
Language.
Language Acquisition.
Language Attitudes.
Language Maintenance.
Language of Instruction.
Language Styles.
Language Usage.
Nonstandard Dialects.
North American English.
Oral Language.
Policy.
Regional Dialects.
Second Languages.
Social Dialects.
Standard Spoken Usage.
Urban Language.
National Policy
Opinion Papers.
Speeches/Meeting Papers.
Genre:
Opinion Papers.
Speeches/Meeting Papers.
Physical Description:16 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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