“I'm a cleva!”: The linguistic makeup of identity in a South African urban environment

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-136

  Slabbert, Sarah ^a   Finlayson, Rosalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 9344260360     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.2000.144.119     Document Type: Article

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