Social stratification and patterns of code-switching in Early English letters

Multilingua

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 417-456

  Nurmi, Arja ^a   Pahta, Päivi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 34248712067     PISSN: 01678507     EISSN: 16133684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mult.2004.23.4.417     Document Type: Article

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