Butters Ronald R. The Death of Black English: Divergence and Convergence in Black and White Vernaculars Bamberger Beiträge zur englischen Sprachwissenchschaft 25 Frankfurt am Main etc. Verlag Peter Lang 1989 xii + 227

Reviewed by

Frank Nuessel | University of Louisville

Published online: 1 January 1991

https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.15.1.14nue

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