On the origins of african american vernacular english — a creolist perspective part II: Linguistic features

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Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-154

  Winford, Donald ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1075/dia.15.1.05win     Document Type: Article

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