"It ain't nothing to do with my school." Variation and pragmatic uses of ain't in the language of British english Teenagers

English Studies

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 548-566

  Palacios Martínez, Ignacio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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EID: 77955349729     PISSN: 0013838X     EISSN: 17444217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013838X.2010.488841     Document Type: Article

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