WORD FROM THE HOOD: THE LEXICON OF AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH

African American English: Structure, History, And Use

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 203-225

  Smitherman, Geneva ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203355596-17     Document Type: Chapter

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