The grammaticization of e1going to/e1 in (African American) English

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-342

  Poplack, Shana ^a   Tagliamonte, Sali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85008001097     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394599113048     Document Type: Article

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