Linguistic change, social network and speaker innovation1

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 339-384

  Milroy, James ^a   Milroy, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84974047694     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022226700010306     Document Type: Article

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