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Edwards, Walter F. 1985. Intra-style shifting and linguistic variation in Guyanese speech. Anthropological Linguistics 27 (1) : 86–93.
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Article in journal
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English
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E. examines intra-conversational shifts between different variants of three verbal makers (subject `mi-', habitual `a', and progressive `a') in Guyanese (creole) English, and suggests they have social causes.