The great leveler: The role of the spoken media in stylistic shift from the colloquial to the conventional

American Speech

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-68

  Fitzmaurice, Susan M ^a  

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EID: 0041110504     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-75-1-54     Document Type: Review

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