Ebonics Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate

Ebonics is a term derived from ebony, black, & phonics, sound, coined in 1973 by Dr. Robert Williams. Ebonics refers to an African-American speech pattern. Linguistics experts have long debated whether ebonics constitutes a dialect, a language, or vernacular speech. There is a very considerable Federal appropriations involvement because of very substantial Funds which are available on education if it is decided that ebonics is a separate language. Includes testimony of numerous witnesses involved with this issue in public schools, academic studies, & other spheres.Specter, Arlen is the author of 'Ebonics Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate' with ISBN 9780788182907 and ISBN 0788182900.