Ebonics means 'black speech' (a blend of the words ebony 'black' and phonics 'sounds'). The phrase was created in 1973 by a group of black scholars who disliked the negative connotations of terms like 'Nonstandard Negro English' that had been coined in the 1960s when the first modern large-scale linguistic studies of African American speech communities began. However, the term Ebonics never caught on amongst linguists, much less among the general public. That all changed with the 'Ebonics' controversy of December 1996 when the Oakland (CA) School Board recognized it as the 'primary' language of its majority African American students and resolved to take it into account in teaching them standard or academic English.
Clearly there is a problem with these children that may be addressed by looking at language. The role that Ebonics may play in changing the above statistics is a practical question. Only the completion of a program including Ebonics, and time, will reveal the answer.......

Join Now to view the rest of this term paper!
Members: Login to view this research paper.

Title: Ebonics
Approximate Word Count: 1060
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

With the Term Papers Lab Membership Pass, you get instant access to every term paper on this site, including the term paper on Ebonics, for as long as you remain a member! That's over 100,000 online term papers and written research papers at your fingertips!

You could be reading our college term papers on Ebonics in less than two minutes!

Other term papers sites charge almost $100 for a single term paper. At Term Papers Lab, you can get instant access to over 100,000 termpapers and sample research papers for as little as $29.95!

1. Ebonics
   

   ebonics. Ebonics means 'black speech' (a blend of the words ebony 'black' and phonics
   'sounds'). ... These distinctive Ebonics pronunciations are all logical. ... ...

2. Ebonics
   

   Ebonics. The Origin of Ebonics What if all of America spoke in Ebonics? ... Ebonics
   has been branded as a poor form of Standard English. ... ...

3. Cosby's Ebonics
   

   Cosby's Ebonics. Cosby on Ebonics In 1996, the Oakland School District proposed
   the inclusion of what is known as "Ebonics" into its curriculum. ... ...

4. Is Ebonics A Language?
   

   Is Ebonics a Language? ... If one is able to classify Ebonics as a language, then why
   not classify Gullah, and "proper" English as separate languages as well? ... ...

5. Ebonics 2
   

   Ebonics 2. Ebonics The other day I was talking on the subject of Ebonics. I feel
   Ebonics should be a language. ... Ebonics will be victorious in academics. ... ...