What a language is good for: Language socialization, language shift, and the persistence of code-specific genres in St. Lucia

Language in Society

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-361

  Garrett, Paul B ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S0047404505050128     Document Type: Article

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