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William Labov, The language of life and death: The transformation of experience in oral narrative. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. 239. Pb. $27.99.

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William Labov, The language of life and death: The transformation of experience in oral narrative. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. 239. Pb. $27.99.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2015

Anna De Fina
Anna De Fina*
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Italian Department, Georgetown University Washington, DC 20015, [email protected]
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Language in Society , Volume 44 , Issue 5 , November 2015 , pp. 733 - 736
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