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From birth to early adulthood, all aspects of a child's life undergo enormous development and change, and language is no exception. This book documents the results of a pioneering longitudinal linguistic survey, which followed a cohort of sixty-seven African American children over the first twenty years of life, to examine language development through childhood. It offers the first opportunity to hear what it sounds like to grow up linguistically for a cohort of African American speakers, and provides fascinating insights into key linguistics issues, such as how physical growth influences pronunciation, how social factors influence language change, and the extent to which individuals modify their language use over time. By providing a lens into some of the most foundational questions about coming of age in African American Language, this study has implications for a wide range of disciplines, from speech pathology and education, to research on language acquisition and sociolinguistics.

African American children --- English language --- Germanic languages --- Afro-American children --- Children, African American --- Negro children --- Children --- Language --- Dialects --- Variation

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Praise for the First Edition:. ""This book argues convincingly that children's cultural differences need to be recognized for any accurate understanding of their development. Pointing out the need for additional and more effectively designed research, Harris and Graham provide a valuable foundation for further investigations. This nonpolemic book should be in all libraries, filling an unfortunate gap. Highly recommended."". --Choice. This is an evenhanded examination of the challenges affecting the lives of African American children that emphasizes their strengths and resiliency rather than de

African American children --- Child development --- Developmental psychology. --- Development (Psychology) --- Developmental psychobiology --- Psychology --- Life cycle, Human --- Afro-American children --- Children, African American --- Negro children --- Children --- Social conditions. --- Health and hygiene. --- Education.

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Because the attrition rate for new teachers in high-poverty schools averages between 40% and 50% over the first five years of teaching, this investigation offers practical solutions to more than 100 of the daily challenges they face. With an emphasis on pragmatic approaches that can be accomplished in the classroom, the book argues that many of the skills necessary for teaching in urban schools are not properly taught in university programs and that most white teachers simply have to learn by experience. Written from a black perspective and supported by real-life examples and details

African American children --- African Americans --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Afro-American children --- Children, African American --- Negro children --- Children --- Education --- Black people

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African American children --- African Americans --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Afro-American children --- Children, African American --- Negro children --- Children --- Education --- Education (Elementary) --- Black people

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African American children --- African Americans --- Black English --- Noirs américains --- Black English (Dialecte) --- Language --- Education --- -African American children --- -Black English --- African American English --- American black dialect --- Ebonics --- Negro-English dialects --- English language --- Afro-American children --- Children, African American --- Negro children --- Children --- Languages --- Noirs américains