Revisiting the creolist hypothesis: Copula variability in Gullah and Southern rural AAVE

American Speech

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Weldon, Tracey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 2542545761     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-78-2-171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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