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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2002 Jun;45(3):505–518. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2002/040)

Appendix A.

List of 35 Nonmainstream Patterns.

(See Oetting and McDonald, 2000, for descriptions and examples of these nonmainstream patterns.)

zero be overregularization been and BIN
be2 (also referred to as habitual be) participle as past done+verb
i'ma for i'm going to ain't fixing+verb
SV agreement with be multiple negation undifferentiated pronoun
omission of auxiliary do indefinite article reflexive
omission of auxiliary have zero present progressive demonstrative
zero regular third zero plural dative
zero irregular third zero possessive y'all varieties
SV agreement with don't zero infinitive to appositive
zero regular past for to/to existential it and they
zero irregular past zero of Wh- noninversion
had+past what/that or zero that