Can you really study language variation in linguistic corpora?

American Speech

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-355

  Meyer, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 11444258996     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-79-4-339     Document Type: Review

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