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Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular

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Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular - Labov, William, Professor
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Language in the Inner City firmly establishes African American Vernacular English not simply as slang but as a well-formed set of rules of pronunciation and grammar capable of conveying complex logic and reasoning and confirms the Black vernacular as a separate and independent dialect of English.

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Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular 1977, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780631176701

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Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular 1973, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia

ISBN-13: 9780812210514

Revised edition

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Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular 1973, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia

ISBN-13: 9780812276589

Hardcover