Operationalizing style: Quantifying the use of style shift in the speech of African American adolescents

American Speech

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-390

  Renn, Jennifer ^a   Terry, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 75149197694     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: 15272133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-2009-030     Document Type: Article

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