Date:  Thu, 27 Jan 1994 15:36:03 CST

From:  salikoko mufwene <mufw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>

Subject: Re: TV and dialect diversity



 In my article "Some reasons why Gullah is not dying yet" (ENGLISH

WORLD-WIDE 12.2 1991), as in my review of LANGUAGE VARIETY IN THE SOUTH, ed.

by M. Montgomery and G. Bailey (J. OF PIDGIN AND CREOLE LANGUAGES 2 1987), I

discuss the problem in the context of mass media and education in general,

relative to loyalty. The article is of course not on BEV/African American

English (narrow definition), but you might find the discussion informative.

Salikoko S. Mufwene

Linguistics, U. of Chicago

s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uchicago.edu

312-702-8531