Ethnolinguistic marking of past be in Lumbee vernacular English

Journal of English Linguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 94-114

  Wolfram, Walt ^a   Sellers, Jason ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001890785     PISSN: 00754242     EISSN: 15525457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/007542429902700203     Document Type: Article

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