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Publication details [#3254]

Fillmore, Charles J. 1973. A grammarian looks to sociolinguistics. Monograph Series on Languages and Linguistics 25 : 273–287.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversation | linguistics | sociolinguistics

Annotation

It is argued that discourse samples are not well-formed or ill-formed as such but only on particular interpretations which are based on assumptions about what is going on in the conversation. With this in mind, the relationship between linguistics and its neighboring disciplines is discussed.

Reprints

Pride, J.B. 1979. In Pride, J.B., ed. Sociolinguistic aspects of language learning and teaching. Oxford University Press. pp. 2–16.