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Walt Wolfram & Ralph Fasold, The Study of Social Dialects in American English. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974. Pp. 239.

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Walt Wolfram & Ralph Fasold, The Study of Social Dialects in American English. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974. Pp. 239.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

J. L. Dillard
J. L. Dillard
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Department of English, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Pedras, Puerto Rico
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Language in Society , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , December 1975 , pp. 367 - 375
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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