For example, mental health care providers may attribute speaker's behavior to cognitive or emotional deficits, even to a psychopathological extent. In a study of a psychiatric ward, Bucci and Baxter collected data on the impact of linguistic problems of the patients, which included several monodialectal speakers and bidialectal speakers of AAVE.
For instance, mental health care providers may attribute a speaker's behavior to cognitive or emotional impairments, even to an extreme degree. In a study of a psychiatric ward, Bucci and Baxter gathered data on the effects of linguistic difficulties faced by patients, which included several speakers with limited dialectal proficiency in AAVE.