Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Like as a focussing device

Variety: Earlier African American Vernacular English
Feature: Like as a focussing device
Value: C - feature exists, but is extremely rare
Informants: Alexander Kautzsch

Examples

Example 1338:
They'd have prayer meeting, you know from one house to the other you know how the house, like there's a house sitting here in a section, in line, you know, an' people would come to prayer meeting.

Source: Bailey et al. (eds.) 1991: 82