Defining the envelope of linguistic variation: The case of “don't count” forms in the copula analysis of African American Vernacular English

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-79

  Blake, Renée ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85008590415     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394500001794     Document Type: Article

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