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An Investigation Of The Influence Of Dialectal Interferences On The Nsst Scores Obtained By Portland Black Children, Margaret J. Callahan
An Investigation Of The Influence Of Dialectal Interferences On The Nsst Scores Obtained By Portland Black Children, Margaret J. Callahan
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The primary purpose of this study was to determine if dialectal interference as described by Walter Wolfram (Appendix B) was exhibited by black children in Portland, Oregon when given the NSST by Laura Lee. This author was concerned with syntactical interferences on the expressive portion of this test.
A secondary purpose of this investigation was to provide suggested norms for differentiating children with language deficits from children with language differences.
Seventy black children with normal speech and language were selected from two public schools, a Head Start Center and a day care center. These children were between the ages of …