What was verbal — s in 19th-century African American English?

Montgomery, Michael; Fuller, Janet M.

doi:10.1075/veaw.g16.12mon

In:Focus on the USA
Edited by Edgar W. Schneider
[Varieties of English Around the World G16] 1996
► pp. 211–230

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What was verbal — s in 19th-century African American English?

Michael Montgomery

Janet M. Fuller

Published online: 29 February 1996

https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g16.12mon

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