Suzanne Romaine. The Language of Children and Adolescents. Oxford: Blackwell, 1984. xiii + 297 pp. £ 8.50 (pb).

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Jenny Cheshire | Department of Applied Linguistics, Birkbeck College, University of London

Published online: 1 January 1985

https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.6.2.15che

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Suzanne Romaine. The Language of Children and Adolescents. Oxford: Blackwell, 1984. xiii + 297 pp. £ 8.50 (pb).

Suzanne Romaine. The Language of Children and Adolescents. Oxford: Blackwell, 1984. xiii + 297 pp. £ 8.50 (pb).