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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462482203321

Autore

Ewers Traute <1960->

Titolo

The origin of American Black English [[electronic resource] ] : be-forms in the HOODOO texts / / Traute Ewers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996

ISBN

3-11-082362-4

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Collana

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 15

Disciplina

427/.973/08996073

Soggetti

Black English

English language - United States - Foreign elements - African

English language - Variation - United States

African languages - Influence on English

African Americans - Languages

Hoodoo (Cult)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The HOODOO texts as corpus -- 3. Invariant be -- 4. Be1-forms: conjugated, contracted and zero forms -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix I. List of informants -- Appendix II. Tagging system -- Appendix III. List of invariant be-forms -- Notes -- References -- Index