In this episode, the Laurens discuss dialect vs accent and the impact of it on a speech/language evaluation. The field of speech-language pathology uses African American English (AAE) as a term to describe what most people call Ebonics. This conversation is necessary to have as AAE affects communication in a variety of areas such as education, the judicial system, healthcare, and most importantly communication disorders.
References:
Documentary: Talking Black in America by Walt Wolfram
Article: A Review of Developmental and Applied Language Research on African American Children: From a Deficit to Difference Perspective on Dialect Differences by Ida B. Stockman
Books: Introduction to Ebonics (Amazon); Talking Back Talking Black
Linguistic Podcast: Lexicon Valley- Episode: Language versus Dialect
Shirt: Coffee & Communication
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