Creoles and Copulas [electronic resource] / Frank Anshen.

In his article "Contraction, Deletion, and Inherent Variability of the English Copula" ("Language," 1969, William Labov asserts that the affinities of Black English (BE) with Standard English (SE) are evidenced by the fact that BE copula deletion occurs in those positions where S...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Anshen, Frank
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1970.
Subjects:	Black Dialects. Contrastive Linguistics. Creoles. English. Hebrew. Phonology. Standard Spoken Usage. Verbs.