eWAVE - Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Was/were generalization

Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Was/were generalization

Variety:	Earlier African American Vernacular English
Feature:	Was/were generalization
Value:	B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants:	Alexander Kautzsch

Example 1310:: but wha' ah've seed dat evenin' when he were dyin', ah don' like it.

Source: Hyatt 1970-1978: 4510
Example 1311:: An' so he was tellin' his wife tha'.

Source: Hyatt 1970-1978: 4568
Example 1312:: Dey were called de root of mystery.

Source: Hyatt 1970-1978: 4525
Example 1313:: An' so they was gonna hang Uncle Wille, least they did hang him.

Source: Hyatt 1970-1978: 4544