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Publication details [#5489]
Kernan, Keith T., John Sodergren and Robert French. 1977. Speech and social prestige in the Belizian speech community. In Blount, Ben G. and Mary Sanches, eds. Sociocultural dimensions of language change. Academic Press. pp. 35–50. 
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
Description of the socially salient role of language in all aspects of the life of speakers of Belize City Creole. Social success is said to depend upon the performance of a number of speech functions in a number of styles.