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Publication details [#56569]

Levey, Stephen. 2012. General Extenders and Grammaticalization: Insights from London Preadolescents. Applied Linguistics 33 (3) : 257–281.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

extension | gender | grammaticalization | language use | primary school

Language as a subject

English, British

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This study unveils gender-distinguished patterns in London preadolescents' general extender use, and points out that productive variants are differentially influenced by processes collectively linked to grammaticalization.