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Creating a new town koine : children and language change in Milton Keynes.

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Creating a new town koine : children and language change in Milton Keynes. / Kerswill, Paul; Williams, Ann.
In: Language in Society, Vol. 29, No. 1, 01.2000, p. 65-115.

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Kerswill, P & Williams, A 2000, 'Creating a new town koine : children and language change in Milton Keynes.', Language in Society, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 65-115. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404500001020

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Kerswill, P., & Williams, A. (2000). Creating a new town koine : children and language change in Milton Keynes. Language in Society, 29(1), 65-115. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404500001020

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Kerswill P, Williams A. Creating a new town koine : children and language change in Milton Keynes. Language in Society. 2000 Jan;29(1):65-115. doi: 10.1017/S0047404500001020

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Kerswill, Paul ; Williams, Ann. / Creating a new town koine : children and language change in Milton Keynes. In: Language in Society. 2000 ; Vol. 29, No. 1. pp. 65-115.

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