The sociolinguistic functions of codeswitching between Standard Arabic and Dialectal Arabic

Language in Society

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 537-562

  Albirini, Abdulkafi ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80155133869     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404511000674     Document Type: Article

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