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ERIC Number: EJ056316
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1972
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A Muddle of Models: The Radicalizing of American English
Hall, Richard W.
English Journal, 61, 5, 705-10, May 72
If we can change unconscious imitation of models into conscious decision-making of preferred speech, we will have made a sizeable advance in the whole matter of speech usage. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Imitation, Language Usage, Linguistics, Models, North American English, Semantics, Social Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage, Subcultures
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