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Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Inverted word order in indirect questions
Variety:
Earlier African American Vernacular English
Feature:
Inverted word order in indirect questions
Value:
B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants:
Alexander Kautzsch
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Examples
Example 1335:
Now, yo' goin' ask him whut's his wife's name an' he'll tell yo'.
Source:
Hyatt 1970-1978
: 1571
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