Ralph W Fasold
Biographic Data
| ID | 734776 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph W Fasold |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph W |
| FAMILY NAME | Fasold |
| SIGNATURE | FASOLD R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Looking Back at 1968 Fieldwork In Washington, D.C
Research Article| February 01 2019 Looking Back at 1968 Fieldwork In Washington, D.C. Ralph Fasold Ralph Fasold Georgetown University RALPH FASOLD is professor emeritus and past chair of the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. In addition to Tense Marking in Black English (Center for Applied Linguistics, 1972), he is the author of several books, including the textbooks The Sociolinguistics of Society (Blackwell, 1984) and The Soci…
Language Change in Variation and Formal Syntax
Research Article| December 01 2003 LANGUAGE CHANGE IN VARIATION AND FORMAL SYNTAX RALPH W. FASOLD RALPH W. FASOLD Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Publication of the American Dialect Society (2003) 88 (1): 223–247. https://doi.org/10.1215/-88-1-223 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation RALPH W. FASOLD; LANGUAGE CHANGE IN VARIATION AND FORMAL SYNTAX. Publication …
The importance of community
The Quiet Demise of Variable Rules
T HE VARIABLE RULE WAS INTRODUCED BY William Labov in a classic analysis of the copula/auxiliary in Vernacular Black English (Labov 1969). However, the most thoroughly examined variable phenomenon in linguistics may well be the deletion of a final [t] or [d] in English. This deletion has almost always been examined in nonstandard kinds of English such as VBE and the English of Puerto Rican speakers in cities of the northeastern United States, but…
Are Black and White Vernaculars Diverging? Papers from the NWAVE XIV Panel Discussion
Ralph W. Fasold, William Labov, Fay Boyd Vaughn-Cooke, Guy Bailey, Walt Wolfram, Arthur K. Spears, John Rickford, Are Black and White Vernaculars Diverging? Papers from the NWAVE XIV Panel Discussion, American Speech, Vol. 62, No. 1 (Spring, 1987), pp. 3-80
Perspectives on sociolinguistic variation (Review article)
This chapter [of Sociolinguistic patterns – RWF] will deal with the study of language structure and evolution within the social context of the speech community. The linguistic topics to be considered here cover the area usually named “general linguistics,” dealing with phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics (Labov 1972:184). Surely, this is too narrow a conception of the role of sociolinguistic research (Romaine 1982:6)
The amazing replicability of a sociolinguistic pattern∗
The interaction of linguistic variability and social factors has often been demonstrated in sociolingusitic research. Similar patterns have been found in studies done with different populations and even with more than one data set drawn from the same sample, but never have similar patterns been reported from repeated sampling from the same populaton. In the study reported here, the interaction between class and race and the pronuciation of the vo…
The Relation between Black and White Speech in the South
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the relation between black and white speech in the south. If the speech of socioeconomically comparable blacks and whites within the South is investigated, the alleged differences would all but disappear. Atlas methodology is inappropriate, not because it is mistaken or misleading, but because the data were collected for a different purpose and under constraints imposed by the technology of an earlier time…
The amazing replicability of a sociolinguistic pattern∗
The interaction of linguistic variability and social factors has often been demonstrated in sociolinguistic research. Similar patterns have been found in studies done with different populations and even with more than one data set drawn from the same sample, but never have similar patterns been reported from repeated sampling from the same population. In the study reported here, the interaction between class and race and the pronunciation of the …
Black English - Philip A. Luellsdorff, A segmental phonology of Black English. (The Hague: Mouton, 1975). - Philip A. Luellsdorff (ed.), Linguistic perspectives on Black English (Regensburg: Verlag Ha…
Black English - Philip A. Luellsdorff, A segmental phonology of Black English. (The Hague: Mouton, 1975). - Philip A. Luellsdorff (ed.), Linguistic perspectives on Black English (Regensburg: Verlag Hans Carl, 1975). - Volume 7 Issue 3
J. L. Dillard, Black English: Its history and usage in the United States. New York: Random House, 1972
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The Study of Social Dialects in American English
The Urban Language Series
Tense Marking in Black English: A Linguistic and Social Analysis
Two Models of Socially Significant Linguistic Variation
There are currently two prominent competing approaches to the study of the social significance of variation in language. One approach is the observation of the frequency of variants in actual speech and their correlation with social factors. The other approach, scalogram analysis, instead of recording the frequency of variants, systematically shows what the use of one variant implies for the use of another. It is argued here that the observation …
Tense and the Form Be in Black English
The Negro dialect, Black English, has a distinctive use of be as a main verb, expressing iteration rather than instantaneous or constant states. Although the Standard English phrases will be and would be can have a meaning similar to Black English be , phonological deletion of these modals cannot account for all occurrences of be in Black English. It is argued that the best analysis is one which recognizes only one verb to be , which can occur wi…
Are Black and White Vernaculars Diverging? Papers from the NWAVE XIV Panel Discussion
Ralph W. Fasold, William Labov, Fay Boyd Vaughn-Cooke, Guy Bailey, Walt Wolfram, Arthur K. Spears, John Rickford, Are Black and White Vernaculars Diverging? Papers from the NWAVE XIV Panel Discussion, American Speech, Vol. 62, No. 1 (Spring, 1987), pp. 3-80
The Relation between Black and White Speech in the South
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the relation between black and white speech in the south. If the speech of socioeconomically comparable blacks and whites within the South is investigated, the alleged differences would all but disappear. Atlas methodology is inappropriate, not because it is mistaken or misleading, but because the data were collected for a different purpose and under constraints imposed by the technology of an earlier time…
The Quiet Demise of Variable Rules
T HE VARIABLE RULE WAS INTRODUCED BY William Labov in a classic analysis of the copula/auxiliary in Vernacular Black English (Labov 1969). However, the most thoroughly examined variable phenomenon in linguistics may well be the deletion of a final [t] or [d] in English. This deletion has almost always been examined in nonstandard kinds of English such as VBE and the English of Puerto Rican speakers in cities of the northeastern United States, but…
Two Models of Socially Significant Linguistic Variation
There are currently two prominent competing approaches to the study of the social significance of variation in language. One approach is the observation of the frequency of variants in actual speech and their correlation with social factors. The other approach, scalogram analysis, instead of recording the frequency of variants, systematically shows what the use of one variant implies for the use of another. It is argued here that the observation …
Tense and the Form Be in Black English
The Negro dialect, Black English, has a distinctive use of be as a main verb, expressing iteration rather than instantaneous or constant states. Although the Standard English phrases will be and would be can have a meaning similar to Black English be , phonological deletion of these modals cannot account for all occurrences of be in Black English. It is argued that the best analysis is one which recognizes only one verb to be , which can occur wi…
Looking Back at 1968 Fieldwork In Washington, D.C
Research Article| February 01 2019 Looking Back at 1968 Fieldwork In Washington, D.C. Ralph Fasold Ralph Fasold Georgetown University RALPH FASOLD is professor emeritus and past chair of the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. In addition to Tense Marking in Black English (Center for Applied Linguistics, 1972), he is the author of several books, including the textbooks The Sociolinguistics of Society (Blackwell, 1984) and The Soci…
The importance of community
Perspectives on sociolinguistic variation (Review article)
This chapter [of Sociolinguistic patterns – RWF] will deal with the study of language structure and evolution within the social context of the speech community. The linguistic topics to be considered here cover the area usually named “general linguistics,” dealing with phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics (Labov 1972:184). Surely, this is too narrow a conception of the role of sociolinguistic research (Romaine 1982:6)
Tense and the Form Be in Black English
The Negro dialect, Black English, has a distinctive use of be as a main verb, expressing iteration rather than instantaneous or constant states. Although the Standard English phrases will be and would be can have a meaning similar to Black English be , phonological deletion of these modals cannot account for all occurrences of be in Black English. It is argued that the best analysis is one which recognizes only one verb to be , which can occur wi…
Two Models of Socially Significant Linguistic Variation
There are currently two prominent competing approaches to the study of the social significance of variation in language. One approach is the observation of the frequency of variants in actual speech and their correlation with social factors. The other approach, scalogram analysis, instead of recording the frequency of variants, systematically shows what the use of one variant implies for the use of another. It is argued here that the observation …
Tense Marking in Black English: A Linguistic and Social Analysis
J. L. Dillard, Black English: Its history and usage in the United States. New York: Random House, 1972
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Study of Social Dialects in American English
The Urban Language Series
Black English - Philip A. Luellsdorff, A segmental phonology of Black English. (The Hague: Mouton, 1975). - Philip A. Luellsdorff (ed.), Linguistic perspectives on Black English (Regensburg: Verlag Ha…
Black English - Philip A. Luellsdorff, A segmental phonology of Black English. (The Hague: Mouton, 1975). - Philip A. Luellsdorff (ed.), Linguistic perspectives on Black English (Regensburg: Verlag Hans Carl, 1975). - Volume 7 Issue 3
The amazing replicability of a sociolinguistic pattern∗
The interaction of linguistic variability and social factors has often been demonstrated in sociolinguistic research. Similar patterns have been found in studies done with different populations and even with more than one data set drawn from the same sample, but never have similar patterns been reported from repeated sampling from the same population. In the study reported here, the interaction between class and race and the pronunciation of the …
The Relation between Black and White Speech in the South
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the relation between black and white speech in the south. If the speech of socioeconomically comparable blacks and whites within the South is investigated, the alleged differences would all but disappear. Atlas methodology is inappropriate, not because it is mistaken or misleading, but because the data were collected for a different purpose and under constraints imposed by the technology of an earlier time…
The amazing replicability of a sociolinguistic pattern∗
The interaction of linguistic variability and social factors has often been demonstrated in sociolingusitic research. Similar patterns have been found in studies done with different populations and even with more than one data set drawn from the same sample, but never have similar patterns been reported from repeated sampling from the same populaton. In the study reported here, the interaction between class and race and the pronuciation of the vo…
Perspectives on sociolinguistic variation (Review article)
This chapter [of Sociolinguistic patterns – RWF] will deal with the study of language structure and evolution within the social context of the speech community. The linguistic topics to be considered here cover the area usually named “general linguistics,” dealing with phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics (Labov 1972:184). Surely, this is too narrow a conception of the role of sociolinguistic research (Romaine 1982:6)
Are Black and White Vernaculars Diverging? Papers from the NWAVE XIV Panel Discussion
Ralph W. Fasold, William Labov, Fay Boyd Vaughn-Cooke, Guy Bailey, Walt Wolfram, Arthur K. Spears, John Rickford, Are Black and White Vernaculars Diverging? Papers from the NWAVE XIV Panel Discussion, American Speech, Vol. 62, No. 1 (Spring, 1987), pp. 3-80
The Quiet Demise of Variable Rules
T HE VARIABLE RULE WAS INTRODUCED BY William Labov in a classic analysis of the copula/auxiliary in Vernacular Black English (Labov 1969). However, the most thoroughly examined variable phenomenon in linguistics may well be the deletion of a final [t] or [d] in English. This deletion has almost always been examined in nonstandard kinds of English such as VBE and the English of Puerto Rican speakers in cities of the northeastern United States, but…
The importance of community
Language Change in Variation and Formal Syntax
Research Article| December 01 2003 LANGUAGE CHANGE IN VARIATION AND FORMAL SYNTAX RALPH W. FASOLD RALPH W. FASOLD Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Publication of the American Dialect Society (2003) 88 (1): 223–247. https://doi.org/10.1215/-88-1-223 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation RALPH W. FASOLD; LANGUAGE CHANGE IN VARIATION AND FORMAL SYNTAX. Publication …
Looking Back at 1968 Fieldwork In Washington, D.C
Research Article| February 01 2019 Looking Back at 1968 Fieldwork In Washington, D.C. Ralph Fasold Ralph Fasold Georgetown University RALPH FASOLD is professor emeritus and past chair of the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. In addition to Tense Marking in Black English (Center for Applied Linguistics, 1972), he is the author of several books, including the textbooks The Sociolinguistics of Society (Blackwell, 1984) and The Soci…
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