Editorial: Register and register variation

Gray, Bethany; Egbert, Jesse

doi:10.1075/rs.00001.edi

Editorial published In: Register Studies
Vol. 1:1 (2019) ► pp.1–9

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Editorial

Register and register variation

Bethany Gray | Iowa State University

Jesse Egbert | Northern Arizona University

This article is available free of charge.

Published online: 26 April 2019

https://doi.org/10.1075/rs.00001.edi

Article outline

1.Defining register and register variation
2.Introducing Register Studies
3.Introduction to the inaugural issue
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