Those terrible marks of the beast: Non-standard dialect and children’s writing

Language and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-299

  Williamson, John ^a   Hardman, Frank ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84933480990     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500789708666734     Document Type: Article

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