Paul S. Cohen

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Paul Sheldon Cohen (born February 24, 1941) is an American

African American Vernacular English.[1]

He has spent the majority of his career (most of the period from 1968 to 2002) working for

the original Electric Company television series
.

Cohen holds seven patents in various areas of speech processing. Since 2002, he has been a consultant and independent researcher, and has published several articles in the fields of Indo-European studies and English etymology and philology.

Selected publications

  • 1968, (with William Labov, Clarence Robins, and John Lewis). A study of the Non-Standard English of Negro and Puerto Rican Speakers in New York City, V. 1: Phonological and Grammatical Analysis. Washington, DC: Office of Education, Bureau of Research/ERIC.
  • 1968, (with William Labov, Clarence Robins, and John Lewis). A study of the Non-Standard English of Negro and Puerto Rican Speakers in New York City', V. 2: The Use of Language in the Speech Community. Washington, DC: Office of Education, Bureau of Research/ERIC.

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