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Journal of Pidgin and Creole LanguagesVol. 16:1 (2001) ► pp.161–166
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. The origin of American Black English: Be-forms in the HOODOO texts. Traute Ewers. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996. xii, 327 pp. Hardcopy. $108.00 To order electronically, contact. www.deGruyter.de
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