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J. L. Dillard, American talk. New York: Random House, 1976. Pp. 187.
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[1] The definitive review of Black English is that in the Journal of English Linguistics 7. 87–106 (03 1973), by Sarah G. D'Eloia.Google Scholar
[2] American talk p. x: ‘However, unless otherwise stated, all interpretations are my own, and divergences from long-accepted opinion are intentional.’Google Scholar
[3] See American Speech for Spring 1978, ‘Another Look at Buckaroo’.Google Scholar
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[6] See boss in Mathews, M. M.Dictionary of Americanisms (Chicago, 1947), the first two quotations.Google Scholar
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