Word from the mother: Language and African Americans

Word from the Mother: Language and African Americans

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-172

  Smitherman, Geneva ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203006665     Document Type: Book

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