Vernacular universals and the sociolinguistic typology of English dialects

Vernacular Universals and Language Contacts: Evidence from Varieties of English and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 304-322

  Trudgill, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203883426     Document Type: Chapter

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