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Ewers, Traute, 1960-

The origin of American Black English : be-forms in the HOODOO texts / Traute Ewers. - Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996. - 1 online resource (x, 327 pages) - Topics in English linguistics ; 15 . - Topics in English linguistics ; 15. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

""List of abbreviations""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Discussion of the topic""; ""1.2. Terminology""; ""2. The HOODOO texts as corpus""; ""2.1. General background and description""; ""2.2. Linguistic value""; ""2.3. Other sources of Earlier Black English""; ""2.4. Methodological considerations""; ""3. Invariant be""; ""3.1. Origin of be2""; ""3.2. Invariant be in HOODOO""; ""3.3. The aspectual meaning of be2""; ""3.4. Be2 and other present tense be-forms""; ""4. Be2-forms: conjugated, contracted and zero forms""; ""4.1. Past tense be-forms""; ""4.2. Present tense be1-forms"" ""5. Conclusion""""Appendix I List of informants""; ""Appendix II Tagging system""; ""Appendix III List of invariant fee-forms""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""

ISBN: 9783110823622 (electronic bk.) 3110823624 (electronic bk.) (cloth acid-free paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Black English.
English language--Foreign elements--African.--United States
English language--Variation--United States.
African languages--Influence on English.
African Americans--Languages.
Hoodoo (Cult)
Black English (Dialecte)
Anglais (Langue)--Variation--États-Unis.
Noirs américains--Langues.
Hoodoo (Culte)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--General.
African Americans--Languages.
African languages--Influence on English.
Black English.
English language--Foreign elements--African.
English language--Variation.
Hoodoo (Cult)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PE3102.N4 / E9 1996eb

Dewey Class. No.: 427/.973/08996073