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Roger D. Abrahams, Talking black. (Series in Sociolinguistics.) Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House, 1976. Pp. xiv+102.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Karl Reisman
Karl Reisman
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Language in Society , Volume 8 , Issue 2-3 , August 1979 , pp. 470 - 475
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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