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E.W. Schneider. American Earlier Black English: Morphological and Syntactic Variables. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. 1989. Pp. xiv + 314. US$27.50.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Sali Tagliamonte*
Affiliation:
University of Ottawa

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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1990

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