The role of the individual and group in earlier African American English

American Speech

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-33

  Wolfram, Walt ^a   Beckett, Dan ^a  

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EID: 0041037812     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-75-1-3     Document Type: Review

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