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Ebonics: an evaluation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Loreto Todd
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Abstract

Observations on a variety of English that recently created a worldwide stir

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 1997 , pp. 13 - 17
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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