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Publication details [#5845]

Labov, William. 1969. Contraction, deletion, and inherent variability of the English copula. Language 45 (4) : 715–762.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

contraction | copula | deletion

Language as a subject

Annotation

L. studies the conditions under which the copula appears and disappears in Black English.

Reprints

Labov, William. 1972. In Labov, William, ed. Language in the inner city: Studies in the black English vernacular. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 65–129.