The Sociolinguistic Construction of Remnant Dialects

Sociolinguistic Variation: Critical Reflections

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 84-106

  Wolfram, Walt ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communities; language; opposed; remnant; separated

Indexed keywords

EID: 85189423918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195170399.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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