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Chapter 14 - Concord and Conflict in the Speech Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2019

John Russell Rickford
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Gillian Sankoff
John Russell Rickford
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Stanford University, California
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Variation, Versatility and Change in Sociolinguistics and Creole Studies , pp. 328 - 351
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Print publication year: 2019

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