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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2008
[1] The definitive review of Black English is that in the Journal of English Linguistics 7. 87–106 (03 1973), by Sarah G. D'Eloia.Google Scholar
[2] American talk p. x: ‘However, unless otherwise stated, all interpretations are my own, and divergences from long-accepted opinion are intentional.’Google Scholar
[3] See American Speech for Spring 1978, ‘Another Look at Buckaroo’.Google Scholar
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