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The origin of American Black English : be-forms in the HOODOO texts / Traute Ewers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ewers, Traute, 1960-
- Series:
- Topics in English linguistics ; 15.
- Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black English.
- English language--United States--Foreign elements--African.
- English language.
- English language--Variation--United States.
- African languages--Influence on English.
- African languages.
- African Americans--Languages.
- African Americans.
- Hoodoo (Cult).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (339 pages)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2011
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "The Origin of American Black English".
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Preface
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The HOODOO texts as corpus
- 3. Invariant be
- 4. Be1-forms: conjugated, contracted and zero forms
- 5. Conclusion
- Appendix I. List of informants
- Appendix II. Tagging system
- Appendix III. List of invariant be-forms
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783110823622
- 3110823624
- OCLC:
- 979587344
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