Sociolinguistic constructs of ethnic identity : the syntactic delineation of an American Indian English /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dannenberg, Clare J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Durham, N.C.] : Duke University Press for the American Dialect Society, ©2002.
Series:	Publication of the American Dialect Society ; no. 87.
Subjects:	English language > United States > Foreign elements > Indian. Indians of North America > Languages > Influence on English. English language > Social aspects > North Carolina. English language > Dialects > North Carolina. Languages in contact > North Carolina. Americanisms > North Carolina. Lumbee Indians > Languages. English language > Syntax. Langues indiennes d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord > Influence sur l'anglais. Anglais (Langue) > Aspect social > Caroline du Nord. Anglais (Langue) > Dialectes > Caroline du Nord. Langues en contact > Caroline du Nord. Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Idiotismes > Caroline du Nord. Lumbee (Indiens) > Langues. Anglais (Langue) > Syntaxe. Indianentalen. Taalcontact. Amerikaans. Indianen. Taalgebruik.
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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The Roots of Lumbee Language
3. Selective Retention and Ethnic Configuration: Perfective be in Lumbee English
4. Mixed Alignment and Grammatical Reconfiguration: Be(s) in Lumbee English
5. Grammatical and Phonological Manifestations of Null Copula
6. Conclusions
App. Robeson County Interview.