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The publication of a glossary of sociolinguistics is a landmark event. Adopting the terminology of wray and grace 2007, we refer to the former as exoteric. The dictionary provides a broad coverage of sociolinguistics, including macro and microsociolinguistics and a range of approaches within. Peter trudgill is professor of sociolinguistics at the. Pdf standard english, rp and the standardnonstandard. A glossary of sociolinguistics trudgill, peter livres.
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