A case study of a linguistically and culturally mixed peer-group: Nicknames and teasing

Lytra, Vally

doi:10.1075/pbns.110.04lyt

In:Discourse Constructions of Youth Identities
Edited by Jannis Androutsopoulos and Alexandra Georgakopoulou
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 110] 2003
► pp. 47–73

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Nicknames and teasing

A case study of a linguistically and culturally mixed peer-group

Vally Lytra | King ‘s College London

Published online: 28 May 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.110.04lyt

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