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J. L. Dillard, American talk. New York: Random House, 1976. Pp. 187.

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J. L. Dillard, American talk. New York: Random House, 1976. Pp. 187.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

F. G. Cassidy
F. G. Cassidy
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University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Language in Society , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , April 1979 , pp. 74 - 79
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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References

[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

[4] Pieter van, Dijk. Nieuwe en nooit bevorene geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert Engels of Neger Engels, Amsterdam c. 1778.Google Scholar

[5] Focke, H. C.Neger—Engelsch Woordenboek, Leiden 1855, p. 9. The word in commoner use in Sranan than bâsi was basiä, derived from English overseer and cognate with Jamaican busha.Google Scholar

[6] See boss in Mathews, M. M.Dictionary of Americanisms (Chicago, 1947), the first two quotations.Google Scholar

[7] See Beckwith, M., Folk games of Jamaica (Poughkeepsie, 1922);Google ScholarJekyll, W.Jamaican song and story (London, 1907);Google ScholarStudies in Linguistics in honor of Raven I. McDavid, Jr. (University, Ala.), pp. 25–8; and many other sources.Google Scholar

[8] See especially Walker, Allen Read's articles in American Speech 38. 5–27; 39. 5–25, 83–101, 243–67 (1963–1964).Google Scholar

[9] See Mathews, M. M., Dictionary of Americanisms (Chicago, 1947); also American Speech 26. 223/2.Google Scholar