http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
English history of African American English
xix, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Rephrasing the copula: contraction and zero in early African American English / James A. Walker -- Reconstructing the source of early African American English plural marking: a comparative study of English and Creole / Shana Poplack, Sali Tagliamonte, and Ejike Eze -- Negation and the Creole-origins hypothesis: evidence from early African American English / Darin M. Howe and James A. Walker -- Old was, new ecology: viewing English through the sociolinguistic filter / Sali Tagliamonte and Jennifer Smith -- The question question: auxiliary inversion in early African American English / Gerard Van Herk -- It's all relative: relativization strategies in early African American English / Gunnel Tottie and Dawn Harvie -- Some sociohistorical inferences about the development of African American English / Salikoko S. Mufwene.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language in society (Oxford, England) ; 28