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Publication details [#11666]
Hannah, Dawn. 1997. Copula Absence in Samaná English: Implications for Research on the Linguistic History of African-American Vernacular English. American Speech 72 (4) : 339–372. 34 pp. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
ISBN
0003-1283
Annotation
A study of copula absence in Samaná English, the results of which refute previous research. Includes a discussion of the effects the interviewer has on the interviewee's linguistic repertoire and a plea for improving elicitation methods.