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Ralph Fasold, Tense marking in Black English: a linguistic and social analysis. Washington, D.C.: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1972. Pp. 254.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

William Labov
Affiliation:
U.S. Regional Survey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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