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Publication details [#33016]

Weldon, Tracey L. 2003. Copula variability in Gullah. Language Variation and Change 15 (1) : 37–72.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

copula | creole | variability

Language as a subject

English, African American Vernacular | Gullah

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0954-3945

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This analysis of copula variability in present affirmative contexts in Gullah, reveals some parallels between Gullah and African American Vernacular English (AAVE) that support the theory of an AAVE/creole connection.