Attitudinal and sociostructural factors and their role in dialect change: Testing a model of subjective factors

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Attitudinal and sociostructural factors and their role in dialect change : Testing a model of subjective factors. / Kammacher, Louise; Stæhr, Andreas; Jørgensen, J. Normann.

In: Language Variation and Change, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2011, p. 87-104.

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Kammacher, L, Stæhr, A & Jørgensen, JN 2011, 'Attitudinal and sociostructural factors and their role in dialect change: Testing a model of subjective factors', Language Variation and Change, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 87-104. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954394511000019

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Kammacher, L., Stæhr, A., & Jørgensen, J. N. (2011). Attitudinal and sociostructural factors and their role in dialect change: Testing a model of subjective factors. Language Variation and Change, 23(1), 87-104. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954394511000019

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Kammacher L, Stæhr A, Jørgensen JN. Attitudinal and sociostructural factors and their role in dialect change: Testing a model of subjective factors. Language Variation and Change. 2011;23(1):87-104. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954394511000019

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Kammacher, Louise ; Stæhr, Andreas ; Jørgensen, J. Normann. / Attitudinal and sociostructural factors and their role in dialect change : Testing a model of subjective factors. In: Language Variation and Change. 2011 ; Vol. 23, No. 1. pp. 87-104.

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