Patterns of age-based linguistic variation in American English

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-88

  Barbieri, Federica ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; American English; Conversation; Keywords; Slang; Stance

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949195003     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2008.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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