Girlz II women: Age-grading, language change and stylistic variation

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-179

  Rickford, John ^a   Price, MacKenzie ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Vernacular English; Age grading; Apparent time change; Panel study; Quantitative methods; Real time change; Stylistic variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876961525     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josl.12017     Document Type: Article

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