NP Dialects in Education (was SLSL language)

[davemarc]

From: David Morris <fqmorris at yahoo.com>
>
> --- davemarc <davemarc at panix.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'd be interested in seeing where anyone suggests that AAVE grammar be
taught
> in schools, except in linguistics exercises.  I just don't think this is
an
> issue.  As far as I can tell, nobody--or practically nobody--is advocating
or
> practicing this.
>
> If nobody has been advocating teaching AAVE grammar (Ebonics?) in schools
then
> why have we been discussing just this fot this entire thread?
>
> > > doesn't it stand to reason that we must also accomodate their own
> "fil-in-the-blank"-onics?  If not, why not?  And please don't suggest it
> wouldn't be practical.
> > >
> > A University of Chicago professor addresses this issue at the following
web
> pages.  I think David Morris would be pleasantly surprised by some if not
all
> of what he'd find at those pages.
>
> OK, I'll look, but it sure would be nice if you to presented the argument
> instead of pointing us toward some web page.  If you have a point, then
make
> it.  Don't expect us to go research your point for you.
>
Actually, I've spent several hours of research digging up intelligent and
informed articles on this subject and sharing the information with this
list, either by summarizing the points or by presenting links in cases where
the articles speak best for themselves.  My expectation was not that anyone
else would do this research work, but that my efforts would be appreciated
by those who are sincerely interested in the subject and especially by those
who are not familiar with the fascinating work that has actually been done
on in linguistics and pedagogy (as opposed to the myths that have persisted
over the years and decades).

I believe that the links I've shared with this list over the past weeks
comprise an excellent introduction to this subject and its subtleties.  The
link that MalignD found and shared is just as worthwhile.

d.