Y'ALL in American English: From Black to White, From Phrase to Pronoun

Lipski, John M.

doi:10.1075/eww.14.1.03lip

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Y'ALL in American English

From Black to White, From Phrase to Pronoun

John M. Lipski | Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Ortega Hall 235, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1146, USA

Published online: 1 January 1993

https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.14.1.03lip

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