Suzanne Romaine. Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Oxford: University Press, 1994. xv + 235 pp. £6.99 pb.

Reviewed by

William A. Kretzschmar | Dept. of English, University of Georgia

Published online: 1 January 1994

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