"So cool, right?": Canadian English entering the 21st century

Canadian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 51, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages

  Tagliamonte, Sali A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 34248576186     PISSN: 00084131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0008413100004126     Document Type: Article

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