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Contraction, Deletion, and Inherent Variability of the English Copula.
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Labov, William – 1968
This report presents some of the findings of several years research on the relations between the non-standard English used by Negro speakers in various urban ghetto areas (NNE) and standard English (SE). The immediate subject is the status of the copula and auxiliary "be" in NNE. The approach to the problem combines the methods of…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, English