Inheritance and Innovation in the Evolution of Rural African American English

by Guy Bailey

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This Element uses data from the Springville Project to explore how the functions of the inherited forms invariant be (from English sources) and zero (from creolization) have transformed during the twentieth century. Originally just alternative present tense copula/auxiliary forms, both features developed into aspectual markers - invariant be to mark durativity/habituality and zero to mark nonstativity. The motivation for these innovations were both...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1009087711

ISBN13:9781009087711

Release Date:October 2022

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:75 Pages

Weight:0.27 lbs.

Dimensions:0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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