The Ebonics controversy in my backyard
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Linguists sometimes seem to have a NIMBY attitude towards Applied Linguistics issues and the Great Language Debates of our Times, motivated perhaps by the fear that they will distract us from the theoretical and descriptive research we consider our bread and butter (if not our fame and fortune), that they will devour our time and dilute our expertise, or that they will lead us into uncharted waters for which our training and experience provide little preparation.
URL: http://www.stanford.edu/~rickford/papers/EbonicsInMyBackyard.html
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Category: Language Articles: Linguistics: Ebonics
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