No taming the vernacular! Insights from the relatives in northern Britain

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-112

  Tagliamonte, Sali ^a,b   Smith, Jennifer ^b   Lawrence, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33644591635     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394505050040     Document Type: Review

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