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Language Variation in Established Contexts
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- Title: Language Variation in Established Contexts
- Author(s): J. Mitchell O’Toole, Doug Absalom
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: The Learner
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review
- Volume: 9
- Issue: 1
- Date: December 16, 2004
- ISSN: 1447-9494 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9540 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v09/58897
- Citation: O’Toole, J. Mitchell, and Doug Absalom. 2004. "Language Variation in Established Contexts." The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review 9 (1): 0-0. doi:10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v09/58897.
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Abstract
Language performance continually acquires interpretations relating to power and status within a social context. The need to conform to established practices is rarely challenged directly. This paper examines a number of practical instances where aspects of language performance conflict with conventions of established discourse communities.
