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Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular
Abstract
Figures Tables Introduction PART I- THE STRUCTURE OF THE BLACK ENGLISH VERNACULAR 1- Some Sources of Reading Problems for Speakers of the Black English Vernacular 2- Is the Black English Vernacular a Separate System? 3- Contraction, Deletion, and Inherent Variability of the English Copula 4- Negative Attraction and Negative Concord PART II- THE VERNACULAR IN ITS SOCIAL SETTING 5- The Logic of Nonstandard English 6- The Relation of Reading Failure to Peer-group Status 7- The Linguistic Consequences of Being a Lame PART III THE USES OF THE BLACK ENGLISH VERNACULAR 8- Rules for Ritual Insults 9- The Transformation of Experience in Narrative Syntax Bibliography Index
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- Authors
- Burling, R., & Labov, W.
- Venue
- Language
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1975-06
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 505
- ISSN
- 0097-8507 (ISSN-L)
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- W2082814186
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- en
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