Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY</b> -- Defining the Issue of Dialect -- Researchers and Practitioners and Dialect -- HOW THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED</b> -- The Setting -- Observation -- Data Collection -- Data Reduction -- WHAT WE FOUND</b> -- The Kindergarten Class, The Fourth-Grade Class -- The Sixth-Grade Class -- Events Across Grades -- THE BIGGER PICTURE</b> -- Appendix A: Demographic Data Sheet, Videotape Index Sheet, Sample Coding Sheet, Student and Teacher Interview Schedules -- Appendix B: Language Functions Inventory: Definitions and Examples of Functions -- References and Selected Biography -- Author Index -- Subject Index
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-209) and indexes