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Is English diglossic?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Alan S. Kaye
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Abstract

Do uses of who and whom, among other things, point to two distinct registers at work in the language?

Type
Research Article
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English Today , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 8 - 14
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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