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Reassessing the status of Black English (Review article)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Arthur K. Spears
Arthur K. Spears
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Department of Anthropology, The City College, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10031
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Language in Society , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 675 - 682
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