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de Metsenaere, Machteld – 1987
An examination of language use in 19th century Brussels seeks to explain how and why a link between language and social class came into operation. Hypotheses relating the social characteristics (material circumstances and consciousness) of social classes and segments of social classes to various resulting language patterns are proposed. This…
Descriptors: Correlation, Demography, European History, Foreign Countries
