Why dat now?: Linguistic-anthropological contributions to the explanation of sociolinguistic icons and change

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-452

  Woolard, Kathryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Iconization; Linguistic change; Linguistic ideology; Pragmatic salience; Sociolinguistic variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949113673     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2008.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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