Solidarity and the Scoobies: An analysis of the -y suffix in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Language and Literature

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-73

  Mandala, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drama dialogue; In group language; Morphology; Social network theory; Sociolinguistic competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249133072     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963947007072845     Document Type: Article

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