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Black English - Robbins Burling, English in black and white. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1973. Pp. ix+178. - William Labov, Language in the inner city: studies in the Black English vernacular. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972, Pp. xxiv+412.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Richard Wright
Richard Wright
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Center for Applied Linguistics, 1611 North Kent Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209
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Language in Society , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , August 1975 , pp. 185 - 198
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