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This book offers a new view of the linguistic process of standardization, the movement of specific language features towards uniformity. Drawing on theoretical arguments and empirical data, it examines the way in which linguistic conformity develops out of variation, and the textual and social factors which influence this process.Devitt, Amy J. is the author of 'Standardizing Written English Diffusion in the Case of Scotland, 15201659', published 0009 under ISBN 9780521024044 and ISBN 0521024048.
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