The linguistic individual : self-expression in language and linguistics /

Linguists usually discuss language or dialects in terms of groups of speakers. Believing that patterns can be seen more clearly in the group than the individual, researchers often present group scores with no indication of the variation within the group. Even though linguists acknowledge thatno two...

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Main Author: Johnstone, Barbara
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996
Series:Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
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