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Download full textRickford, John R. – 1975
In Guyana Creolese, the word "doz" appears frequently in the speech of people on a wide range of social levels. The term signals that the action occurs habitually. The use of "doz" is not widely noted among creolists, however, possibly because it often occurs in phonologically reduced forms such as "Iz" or…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Creoles, Dialect Studies, Discourse Analysis
