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Publication details [#28709]

Holloway, Joseph E. and Winifred K. Vass. 1993. The African heritage of American English. Indiana University. xxix + 193 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

crosslinguistic perspective | language origins | word

Language as a subject

English, American

Annotation

This book provides an extensive list of American English words or phrases that bear even a superficial resemblance to West and Central African language forms.

Reviewed by

Butters, Ronald R. 1994. Review of $The African heritage of American English.