AAVE and children

[Silliman, Elaine]

Pam -- Here are some other references that reflect differing perspectives.
For example, the work of Ellis Weismer & colleagues has focused on
developing processing dependent measures, such as nonword repetition, that
appear to be less culturally loaded for assessing certain aspects of
phonological memory in African American children. Janna Oetting's research
on AAVE and language impairment takes a contrastive approach to dialect
analysis, while the Silliman et al. chapter summarizes research through 2002
and also concentrates on phonological representation issues in African
American children who are struggling readers.
Ellis Weismer, S. E., & Evans, J. L. (2002). The role of processing
limitations in early identification of specific language impairment.  Topics
in Language Disorders, 22 (3), 15-29.
Ellis Weismer, S. E., Tomblin, J. B., Zhang, X., Buckwalter, P., Chynoweth,
J. G., & Jones, M. (2000). Nonword repetition performance in school-age
children with and without language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language,
and Hearing Research, 43, 865-878.
Oetting, J. B., Cantrell, J. P., & Horohov, J. E. (1999). A study of
specific language impairment (SLI) in the context of non-standard dialect.
Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 13, 25-44.

            Oetting, J. B., & McDonald, J. L. (2001). Nonmainstream dialect
and specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing
Research, 44, 207-223.

Oetting, J., & McDonald, A. (2002). Methods for characterizing participants'
nonmainstream dialect use in child language research. Journal of Speech,
Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 505-518.

Silliman,E. R., Bahr, R. H., Wilkinson, L. C., & Turner, C. R. (2002).
Language variation and struggling readers: Finding patterns in diversity. In
K. G. Butler & E. R. Silliman (Eds.), Speaking, reading, and writing in
children with language and learning disabilities (pp. 109- 148). Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum.

Elaine Silliman

Elaine R. Silliman, Ph.D.
Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders and
Cognitive and Neural Sciences
Coordinator, CSD Ph.D. Program
University of South Florida
PCD 1017
Voice mail: (813) 974-9812
Fax: (813) 974-0822
E-mail: silliman at chuma1.cas.usf.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Pam Norton [mailto:pcnorton at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:07 AM
To: info-childes at mail.talkbank.org
Subject: AAVE and children

Hi -
I'm preparing to do research on African American children who speak AAVE and
assessment practices/dialectal differences awareness in speech/language
pathologists.  I'm hoping someone can direct me to good sources on best
practices in language (disorders) assessment for African American children,
especially those who speak AAVE.  Also, any sources on linguistic bias in
language assessment and/or incidence of language disorders in African
American children.

Thanks much,

Pam Norton
UCB/SFSU Jt. Doctoral Program in Special Ed
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