Parallels between vowel subsystems of african american vernacular english and caribbean anglophone creoles

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-296

  Thomas, Erik R ^a   Bailey, Guy ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

African american vernacular english; African substrate; Anglicist hypothesis; Caribbean creoles; Creole hy pothesis; Linguistic atlas; Southern american english; Vowel variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989390515     PISSN: 09209034     EISSN: 15699870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.13.2.03tho     Document Type: Article

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