Review published In:
English World-WideVol. 2:1 (1981) ► pp.121–122
Book review
. Comparative Afro-American: An Historical-Comparative Study of English-Based Afro-American Dialects of the New World Ann Arbor: Karoma Publishers, 1980. xii + 253 pp. $ 6.50 (pb). $ 8.50 (hb).
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