Unacknowledged african origins of U.S. english usage: “Origin unknown” and other peculiar etymologies

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-222

  Johnson, Fern L ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American English; Africanisms; Bantu Language Influence; Etymology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937383674     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170290089962     Document Type: Article

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