Stativity and copula absence in AAVE: Grammatical constraints at the subcategorical level

Journal of English Linguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-355

  Cukor Avila, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 0347639627     PISSN: 00754242     EISSN: 15525457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00754249922004769     Document Type: Article

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