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Peer reviewedErvin-Tripp, Susan – Language in Society, 1976
The variety of syntactic forms for expression of directives is commented on. Data has been collected investigating the empirical distribution of formal variants across social features and predictability of the form of a directive if social features of its context are known. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Language Classification, Language Research, Language Usage, Language Variation
