Variation in the English definite article: Socio-historical linguistics in t'speech community

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-471

  Tagliamonte, Sali A ^a   Roeder, Rebecca V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DAR; Definite article reduction; Local identity; Recycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349602994     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2009.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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