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Publication details [#28927]
Bailey, Guy, Nancy Maynor and Patricia Cukor-Avila. 1991. The emergence of black English: Text and commentary. John Benjamins. x + 352 pp. 
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
ISBN
90-272-5228-9
Annotation
This book consists of transcripts of recorded personal testimonies of former black slaves born between 1841 and 1861, that illustrate the early Black English Vernacular speech.