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The "Ass" Camouflage Construction: Masks as Parasitic Heads
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Levine, Robert D. – Language, 2010
Collins et al. 2008 offers a principles-and-parameters-based analysis of an AAVE construction first described in Spears 1998, in which nominal phrases such as "John's ass" appear to have exactly the same denotation, and behavior with respect to familiar conditions on anaphora, as the possessor ["John," and similarly for pronominal possessors.…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Semantics, Phrase Structure, Form Classes (Languages)
The Black English Semi-Auxiliary "Come."
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Spears, Arthur K. – Language, 1982
The Black English semi-auxiliary "come" is used to express speaker indignation, as opposed to the motion verb "come." Examines the history of the semi-auxiliary and why it has remained undetected for so long. (EKN)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Usage