How English Became African American English

The Handbook of the History of English

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 452-476

  Poplack, Shana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Framework; Linguistic change; Method; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891034840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757048.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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