Nicknames and the lexicon of sports

American Speech

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-422

  Kennedy, Robert ^a   Zamuner, Tania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 33846490280     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-2006-026     Document Type: Article

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