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Syntactic Variation and Linguistic Competence:
The Case of AAVE Copula Absence

Emily M. Bender, 2001

Ph.D. thesis, Stanford University

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• Abstract
• Introduction

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• Chapter 1: Introduction (.ps.gz)
• Chapter 2: Background: Construction-HPSG (.ps.gz)
• Chapter 3: The syntax of AAVE copula absence (.ps.gz)
• Chapter 4: Non-categorical constraints in perception (.ps.gz)
• Chapter 5: Previous approaches (.ps.gz)
• Chapter 6: Conclusion: The boundaries of linguistic competence (.ps.gz)
• Bibliography (.ps.gz)

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