The individual voice in language

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2000, Pages 405-424

  Johnstone, Barbara ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individuality; Linguistic theory; Pragmatics; Self expression; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038563706     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.29.1.405     Document Type: Article

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