Labov's contributions to the study of African American Vernacular English
Pursuing linguistic and social equity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3635264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John R Rickford (Stanford University California U.S.A, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 561-580 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/josl.12198 |
| OpenAlex | W2521627360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 49 |
Even before Labov's celebrated study of the Lower East Side (The Social Stratification of English in New York City) was published in 1966, he had begun research on African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in Harlem. His work there initiated a life-long study of the structural features, verbal artistry and language use of the African American speech community. It took him to other cities (e.g. Philadelphia) and states (e.g. California, Georgia, South Carolina), and led him to grapple with questions about how linguistics could be used to improve the teaching of reading to speakers of vernacular Englishes and to enhance the life chances of people of color. In this article, I review Labov's contributions to each of these issues, and to diachronic issues about the development ofAAVE. Overall, this research considerably enriched his overall contribution to theoretical, methodological and applied aspects of sociolinguistics and the study of linguistic variation and change
American English · Linguistics · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Vernacular · Gender Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy
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Rappin on the copula coffin
The routledge handbook of educational linguistics
Sociolinguistic aspects of Assimilation
Variation and Change in Alabama English
Tense Marking in Black English
English in Language Shift
Old Ship of Zion
The Quiet Demise of Variable Rules
The Divergence Controversy
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Ghana's Foreign Policy, 1957-1966
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An Early Study of the Speech of Young Black Children in California
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Sociolinguistic behavior in a Detroit inner-city black neighborhood
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |