Spelling and dialect: Comparisons between speakers of African American Vernacular English (AAVE ) and White speakers

The primary focus of the paper is to study and review the effects of dialects (African American Vernacular English and General American) on spelling among adults and children. This study is an attempt to address the issues of generality, phonology comparing AAVE and General American. The phonological characteristic of AAVE of interest in the given work was the devoicing of final obstruents which was compared to the absence of this feature in General American