Social stereotypes, personality traits and regional perception displaced: Attitudes towards the 'new' quotatives in the U.K.

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-381

  Buchstaller, Isabelle ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Globalization; Quotatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745019586     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-6441.2006.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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