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Download full textWolfram, Walt – 1974
This book looks at the essential dynamics of language contact and linguistic assimilation from a current sociolinguistic perspective by focusing on the English of second generation Puerto Rican teen-agers in New York City. General sociolinguistic principles are extrapolated from the author's detailed investigation of several linguistic variables…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Culture Contact, Economically Disadvantaged, English
