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Download full textBaugh, John – 1979
A corpus of Black English (BEV) data is re-examined with exclusive attention to the "is" form of the copula. This analysis differs from previous examinations in that more constraints have been introduced, and the Cedergren/Sankoff computer program for multivariant analysis has been employed. The analytic techniques that are used allow for a finer…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Language Usage, Language Variation
