Date:  Tue, 23 Nov 1993 12:30:09 CST

From:  salikoko mufwene <mufw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>

Subject: Re: Diversity of accents



Yes, I agree with you, Cynthia. I am shocked by the statement attributed to

William Stewart... but he also once believed in African American Vernacular

English being the result of decreolization from a Gullah-like variety

presumably once spoken by all African Americans (i.e., ancestors of those we

know today)! In any case...

Salikoko S. Mufwene

Linguistics, U. of Chicago

s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uchicago.edu

312-702-8531