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| Acknowledgments |
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Goals, Methodology, and Sociolinguistic Variation |
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A Variationist Perspective |
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The Relation between AAVE and Other Vernacular Varieties |
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4 | (3) |
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Sampling, Social Categories, and Speakers |
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Vernacularity, Interviews, and Styles |
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10 | (5) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (3) |
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Sociohistorical Context and Ethnic Boundaries |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (5) |
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33 | (4) |
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37 | (10) |
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Cultural Aspects of Warren County |
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47 | (4) |
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51 | (5) |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (2) |
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Previous Studies of Past-Tense be |
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58 | (3) |
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The Variable of Past-Tense be |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (5) |
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67 | (13) |
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67 | (5) |
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72 | (7) |
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79 | (1) |
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Wont as a Separate Variant |
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80 | (6) |
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Wont as a Separate Sociolinguistic Variant |
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81 | (1) |
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Wont as a Separate Linguistic Variant |
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81 | (5) |
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86 | (6) |
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The African American Community |
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87 | (2) |
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The European American Community |
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89 | (1) |
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The Native American Community |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (4) |
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96 | (1) |
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History of Present Tense be |
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96 | (2) |
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Previous Studies of Copula Absence |
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98 | (4) |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (8) |
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112 | (2) |
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Warren County AAVE and the Creole Continuum |
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114 | (7) |
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121 | (2) |
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Speaker Identity and Sociolinguistic Variation |
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123 | (4) |
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127 | (8) |
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Individual Speakers and the Importance of Their Identity |
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135 | (8) |
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African American Individuals |
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136 | (3) |
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Native American Individuals |
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139 | (2) |
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European American Individuals |
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141 | (2) |
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Effects of Cultural Identity in the Interaction between Sex, Age, and the Sociolinguistic Variables |
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143 | (5) |
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Cultural Identity and Sex |
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143 | (2) |
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Cultural Identity and Age |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (5) |
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Variation in Sociolinguistic Patterns |
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153 | (5) |
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The African American Community |
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155 | (1) |
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The European American Community |
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156 | (1) |
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The Native American Community |
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157 | (1) |
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Ethnic Alignment and Levels of Stigmatized Variants |
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158 | (3) |
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161 | (3) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Future Research |
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164 | (2) |
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Implications for Language Variation and Change |
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166 | (1) |
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The Dynamic State of Ethnolinguistic Relations |
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166 | (5) |
| References |
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