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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/5240

Title: What's the use of apostrophes?: Gender difference and linguistic variation in instant messaging
Authors: Squires, Lauren M.
Issue Date: Feb-2007
Publisher: TESOL, College of Arts and Sciences, American University
Abstract: A brief background on sociolinguistic variation, standards, gender, writing, speech, and computer mediated communication (CMC), followed by findings of an empirical study of the use of apostrophes in instant messaging conversations and an argument for the usefulness of the concept of “standard” in analyzing CMC linguistic behavior.
Description: 17 pages. TESOL Working Papers series 4.
URI to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/5240
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