An AY for an AH: Language of survival in African American narrative comedy

American Speech

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-96

  Rahman, Jacquelyn ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249852076     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-2007-003     Document Type: Article

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