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Whaddayaknow?: The modes of folk linguistic awarenessFootnote1

Dennis R. Preston Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic. Asian and African Languages, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824–1027
Pages 40-74 | Published online: 26 Apr 2010

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