A critical overview of the methodology of urban British sociolinguistics

Romaine, Suzanne

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A critical overview of the methodology of urban British sociolinguistics

Suzanne Romaine | Dept. of Linguistics, University of Birmingham

Published online: 1 January 1980

https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.1.2.02rom

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