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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464130003321

Autore

Kautzsch Alexander <1969->

Titolo

The historical evolution of earlier African American English : an empirical comparison of early sources / / by Alexander Kautzsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2002

ISBN

3-11-090797-6

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Collana

Topics in English linguistics ; ; 38

Disciplina

427/.973/08996073

Soggetti

African Americans - Languages

English language - United States - Foreign elements - African

English language - United States - History

African languages - Influence on English

Black English

Americanisms

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Enlargement of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Regensburg, Germany.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-327) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Data and methods -- Chapter 3. Negation patterns in Earlier AAE -- Chapter 4. The copula in Earlier AAE -- Chapter 5. Relativization in Earlier AAE -- Chapter 6. Comparison of written and spoken Earlier AAE179 -- Chapter 7. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index