Like and language ideology: Disentangling fact from fiction

American Speech

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 386-419

  D'Arcy, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 38849193455     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-2007-025     Document Type: Article

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