How do you describe "errors" in standard form due to ethnic dialect? Posted by SALT Support Staff Aug 17, 2014
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Posted on 02/10/2015 14:57:45
Differences due to ethnic dialect are not errors and should not be coded as errors. Instead, develop a coding scheme for marking dialectal differences and attach a code to the word or utterance. The SALT Reference Database uses the code [D:___] to represent phonological or dialectical differences. Consider the example where the child, who speaks Black Vernacular, says "He go to the store.". This would be transcribe as "He go[D:goes] to the store.".
Posted by SALT Support Staff Aug 17, 2014
Differences due to ethnic dialect are not errors and should not be coded as errors. Instead, develop a coding scheme for marking dialectal differences and attach a code to the word or utterance. The SALT Reference Database uses the code [D:___] to represent phonological or dialectical differences. Consider the example where the child, who speaks Black Vernacular, says "He go to the store.". This would be transcribe as "He go[D:goes] to the store.". Posted by SALT Support Staff Aug 17, 2014