Writing in a non-standard Greek variety: Romanized Cypriot Greek in online chat

Writing Systems Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-168

  Themistocleous, Christiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952074707     PISSN: 17586801     EISSN: 1758681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wsr/wsq008     Document Type: Article

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