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Tense marking in Black English: a linguistic and social analysis. By Ralph W. Fasold (Urban language series, 8.) Washington, D.C.: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1972. Pp. xvi, 254. $7.00.

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Tense marking in Black English: a linguistic and social analysis. By Ralph W. Fasold (Urban language series, 8.) Washington, D.C.: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1972. Pp. xvi, 254. $7.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

R. K. S. Macaulay
R. K. S. Macaulay*
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Pitzer College, Claremont, Calif.
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Language , Volume 50 , Issue 4 , December 1974 , pp. 758 - 762
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Copyright © 1974 by Linguistic Society of America

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