Local and external language standards in African American English

Journal of English Linguistics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-330

  Kendall, Tyler ^a   Wolfram, Walt ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American English; Code switching; Language variation; Sociolinguistics; Style

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449729626     PISSN: 00754242     EISSN: 15525457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0075424209339281     Document Type: Article

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