Variation in the Spoken French of Immersion Students: To ne or not to ne, That Is the Sociolinguistic Question

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 124-154

  Rehner, Katherine ^a   Mougeon, Raymond ^a  

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EID: 0039603584     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.56.1.124     Document Type: Article

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