Social work and linguistic systems: Marking possession in Canadian English

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-173

  Tagliamonte, Sali A ^a   D'arcy, Alexandra ^b   Jankowski, Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 77953588205     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394510000050     Document Type: Article

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