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Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Deletion of copula be: before AdjPs
Variety:
Earlier African American Vernacular English
Feature:
Deletion of copula be: before AdjPs
Value:
B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants:
Alexander Kautzsch
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Examples
Example 1308:
Well, they are red an' their head Ø red [laughs] now.
Source:
Bailey et al. (eds.) 1991
: 69
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