Review: African American, creole, and other vernacular Englishes in education: a bibliographic resource (eds). Rickford, J.R., Sweetland, J., Rickford, A.E. and Grano T. London/New York: Routledge, 2012

Abstract

The place of so-called non-standard varieties of English and related varieties in education has received a fair amount of attention from both, researchers in (socio)linguistics and in education. There is now a substantial body of publications on a wide range of issues ranging from dialect readers, classroom practices, language policies to literature on differentiating (1) linguistic features related to speech, and (2) language disorders from dialect differences. The breadth and abundance of publications is nothing short of impressive, but it also presents a challenge for anyone interested in the field to stay abreast of the latest developments.