The Other "Come" in Black English [electronic resource] / Arthur K. Spears.

In Black English (BE), in addition to the motion verb "come," there exists a modal-like "come" which expresses speaker indignation. This "come" is comparable to other modal-like forms, identical to motion verbs, which occur in Black and non-Black varieties of English, a...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Spears, Arthur K.
Corporate Author:	Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980.
Subjects:	Black Dialects. Creoles. Grammar. Language Usage. Language Variation. Pragmatics. Semantics. Sociolinguistics. Syntax. Verbs.